Career professionals: How you can use the occupational maps

The occupational maps show how apprenticeships, T Levels and other qualifications fit together. The maps can help you to:

- Support people to understand their career options
- Promote technical education to people you advise
- Keep up to date with the latest from employers
- Identify green careers

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What career professionals say:

“Progression maps could be used to show that you might have transferable skills, that can transfer to nearly every other sector - so you don't have to just look at things in a single route.”

"The big advantage in the ability to see all routes on one page without scrolling"

Why use the occupational maps?

The occupational maps are a tool to help you find information on apprenticeships, T Levels or other qualifications. You can:

Support people to understand their career options
The maps can help you to show people what their career could look like either now or in the future. This includes the skills employers consider to be transferrable between occupations.

Promote technical education to people you advise
The maps are a great way for you to promote the benefits of technical education to employers, schools, providers and learners. Please share them far and wide!

Keep up to date with the latest from employers
The maps include detailed up-to-date information on over 1050 different occupations. This includes occupations where new apprenticeships or other forms of technical training are being developed by employers.

Identify green careers
The maps use green ratings to show which occupations include environmental and climate change skills. You can use the maps to advise people on the range of green occupations available across all sectors of the economy.

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Occupational maps user guides

Explore these quick user guides on how to use the occupational maps features

Find out more about the occupational maps

Understand the structure of the occupational maps and how you can find information on occupations and technical education products

Find out more about occupational progression

Understand how you can view progression options from one occupation to another

Find out more about technical education progression

Understand how a learner can progress after completing a T Level

Find out more about the custom maps

Understand how you can favourite occupations and build your own tailored maps

Find out more about the green theme maps

Understand how green occupations that can help the UK achieve net-carbon zero by 2050

Useful links and resources

Visit the IfATE website for more information about how apprenticeships and technical education are designed by employers.
Find out more about apprenticeships, T Levels and Higher Technical Qualifications which could help the people you advise.
You can find apprenticeship vacancies on the find an apprenticeship website.
Download, print and display the new occupational maps poster for career professionals.
Contact us if you have questions about the work IfATE does on apprenticeships, T Levels and other qualifications.

Further guidance and support

For employers

Employers can use the information in the occupational maps to upskill staff and to diversify or develop business activities.

For education and training providers

Training providers can use the maps to identify skills gaps and shortages to help shape future apprenticeships and technical education.

For awarding organisations

Awarding organisations can use the occupational maps as part of their programme development to ensure competency levels are supported.

For career professionals

Career professionals can use the occupational maps as a comprehensive visual representation of the technical education system.

For learners

Learners can use the maps to explore technical education career journeys including apprenticeships, HTQs and T Levels.