Work, pay and hiring, written plainly

One of the easiest UK sectors to enter and one of the fastest to progress in once you are ticketed. What the job involves, what forklift training costs and what it pays.

Teaching assistant roles suit people who want term time hours, but the pro rata pay surprises applicants. Here is the qualification route, the DBS process, honest pay and how to progress.

Getting an SIA licence takes about a week of training and a background check. Here is what the course covers, what it costs, what security work pays and which sectors are worth aiming for.

What plumbing actually involves, the Level 2 and 3 route, how Gas Safe registration really works, what the tickets cost and the pay you can expect employed or self employed.

Construction will take you on with one card and a pair of boots. How the CSCS colours work, which plant tickets pay, what site life is like and how labourers become skilled operatives.

Machining pays well and trains people from scratch on nights. Here is what setters and programmers actually do, the apprenticeship and college routes, realistic pay and the shift patterns involved.

Kitchens will train you from nothing, but the hours are the price. Here is how the brigade works, what qualifications you actually need, realistic pay by grade and how to get a first section.

Care work needs no qualifications to start, but it asks a lot of you. Here is what the job involves, the DBS and Care Certificate process, realistic pay and how to move up.

If you already work in care you do not have to start again. The apprenticeship, nursing associate and degree routes to an NMC pin, what they cost and what the training is really like.