SOC 2020 code 9131 · Elementary occupations

Industrial cleaning process occupations

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 9131

Not eligible

Industrial cleaning process occupations (SOC 9131) is not an eligible occupation for the Skilled Worker visa, so it cannot be sponsored on that route.

Going rate: None
Major group: 9

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 9131

The ONS coding index files 117 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.

Air conditioner
Bag cleaner
Barrel cleaner
Barrel washer
Basket washer

Boiler house cleaner

Box cleaner (textile printing)

Bulb washer (lamp mfr)

Carding engine cleaner

Cleaner (brass musical instruments mfr)

Cleaner (metal goods mfr)

Cleaner (needle mfr)

Cleaner (optical instrument mfr)

Cleaner (piano, organ mfr)

Cleaning machinist (seed merchants)

Confined space operative (industrial cleaning)

Decomposer cleaner (nickel mfr)

Dry man (mine: not coal)

Dust destructor foreman

Engine cleaner (coal mine)

Engine cleaner (railways)

Engine cleaner (water works)

Fireman (refuse disposal)

Fluffer (underground railway)

Frame cleaner (cycles, motors)

High pressure water jetter

Hygiene cleaner (manufacturing)

Incinerator operator

Jetting machinist (industrial cleaning)

Labourer (industrial cleaning)

Machine cleansing operative

Magnetic tape cleaner

Night hygienist (manufacturing)

Pit cleaner (railways)

Refuse destructor man

Road and yard cleaner (railways)

Road cleaner (mine: not coal)

Sheet cleaner (plastics mfr)

Steam cleaner (building construction)

Steam cleaner (engineering)

Steam cleaner (vehicle trades)

Tin cleaner (bakery)

Tin cleaner (food canning)

Tray cleaner (bakery)

Tube cleaner (blast furnace)

Tube cleaner (lamp, valve mfr)

Tube cleaner (railways)

Washing machinist (bottle)

Sponsors advertising industrial cleaning process occupations 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 9131

Can industrial cleaning process occupations be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa?

Industrial cleaning process occupations (SOC 9131) 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 9131?

Appendix Skilled Occupations gives no going rate for this occupation.

Which job titles come under SOC code 9131?

The ONS coding index files 117 job titles under 9131, including air conditioner, bag cleaner, barrel cleaner, barrel washer, basket washer, bogie cleaner, boiler cleaner, boiler house cleaner. The employer chooses the code on the certificate of sponsorship from the job's duties, not its title.