SOC 2020 code 8152 · Process, plant and machine operatives

Road construction operatives

Whether this occupation can be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa, its going rate, the job titles filed under the code, and the licensed sponsors advertising these jobs.

Skilled Worker rules for SOC 8152

Not eligible

Road construction operatives (SOC 8152) is not an eligible occupation for the Skilled Worker visa, so it cannot be sponsored on that route.

Going rate: None
Major group: 8

Annual salaries for a 37.5-hour week, from Appendix Skilled Occupations (updated 3 Aug 2026).

Appendix Skilled Occupations gives no going rate for this occupation.

Sources: Appendix Skilled Occupations, Skilled Worker salary rules, when you can be paid less.

Job titles under SOC 8152

The ONS coding index files 64 job titles under this code. A note in brackets is the setting the title applies to: the same title can sit under another code elsewhere. The code on a certificate of sponsorship follows the job’s duties, so check them with CASCOT or the employer.

Asphalt layer
Asphalt raker
Asphalt spreader
Asphalter
Chipper

Concrete finisher (building construction)

Concrete floor layer

Highways maintenance hand

Highways superintendent

Lengthman (local government)

Maintenance hand (local government: highways dept)

Public realm operative (highways agency)

Reinstatement worker (road)

Road lining contractor

Road man (building construction)

Road man (local government)

Roadsman (local government)

Surface layer (gas supplier)

Surface man (civil engineering)

Tar man (building construction)

Traffic management operative

Sponsors advertising road construction operatives jobs

We have not read an advert we could place in this code since October 2025. We read visa sponsorship adverts from Reed and Adzuna every 4 hours.

From Appendix Skilled Occupations and the Temporary Shortage List (GOV.UK), the ONS SOC 2020 coding index, and job adverts we read and match to the Home Office register. We place an advert in a code from its title, so some adverts may be in the wrong code. Whether a person can be sponsored also depends on their own circumstances. This page is information, not immigration advice. Profile built 7 Oct 2026.

Questions about SOC 8152

Can road construction operatives be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa?

Road construction operatives (SOC 8152) is not an eligible occupation for the Skilled Worker visa, so it cannot be sponsored on that route.

What is the going rate for SOC 8152?

Appendix Skilled Occupations gives no going rate for this occupation.

Which job titles come under SOC code 8152?

The ONS coding index files 64 job titles under 8152, including asphalt layer, asphalt raker, asphalt spreader, asphalter, chipper, concrete assembler, concrete erector, concrete finisher. The employer chooses the code on the certificate of sponsorship from the job's duties, not its title.