28.22
Class
Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment
SDMX: C2822
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
5 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes
✓ Includes
This class includes: - manufacture of hand-operated or power-driven lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery, e.g.: • pulley tackle and hoists, winches, capstans and jacks • derricks, cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers • works trucks, whether or not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, whether or not self-propelled, of the type used in factories (including handcarts and wheelbarrows) • mechanical manipulators and industrial robots specifically designed for lifting, handling, loading or unloading • unmanned and robotic forklifts and pallet loaders/unloaders - manufacture of conveyors, teleferics, etc. - manufacture of lifts, escalators and moving walkways - manufacture of parts suitable for use solely or principally with lifting and handling equipment
+ Also Includes
This class also includes: - manufacture of automatic lifting and handling equipment for warehouses
✗ Excludes
This class excludes: - manufacture of machinery for vertical farming, see 28.30 - manufacture of continuous-action elevators and conveyors for underground use, see 28.92 - manufacture of mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, see 28.92 - manufacture of industrial robots for multiple uses, see 28.99 - manufacture of crane lorries, floating cranes and railway cranes, see 29.12, 30.11, 30.20 - installation of lifts and elevators, see 43.24
Frequently Confused With
28.30
Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery
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28.92 Manufacture of machinery for mining, quarrying and construction
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28.92 Manufacture of machinery for mining, quarrying and construction
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28.99 Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.
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29.12 Manufacture of motor vehicles
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Who is this code for?
Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIXProduction managers and directors in manufacturing
SOC 2020:1121 Common titles: Plant manager, Factory manager
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives
SOC 2020:8111 Common titles: Machine operator, Factory worker
Assemblers (electrical and electronic products)
SOC 2020:8131 Common titles: Assembly worker, Line worker
Related Occupations
Industrial engineersMetal working production and maintenance fitters
Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section C (Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment).
In this section
- 28.21 — Manufacture of Ovens, Furnaces and Permanent Household Heating Equipment
- 28.23 — Manufacture of Office Machinery and Equipment, Except Computers and Peripheral Equipment
- 28.24 — Manufacture of Power-driven Hand Tools
- 28.25 — Manufacture of Non-domestic Air Conditioning Equipment
- 28.29 — Manufacture of Other General-purpose Machinery N.e.c.
Frequently confused with
- 28.30 — Manufacture of Agricultural and Forestry Machinery
- 28.92 — Manufacture of Machinery for Mining, Quarrying and Construction
- 28.92 — Manufacture of Machinery for Mining, Quarrying and Construction
- 28.99 — Manufacture of Other Special-purpose Machinery N.e.c.
- 29.12 — Manufacture of Motor Vehicles
Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) —
UK SIC 2026
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