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Hire Services Managers and Proprietors

Managers and proprietors in hire services plan, organise and direct the activities of businesses which hire goods and services, such as tools, heavy machinery and vehicles.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£19,703
£35,587
£59,936

New workers start around £19,703. Normal pay is £35,587 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £59,936.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 9,426 vacancies for this type of job

5.01%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Ensures the business accounts are maintained.

  • Provides information about machinery, tools and other goods for hire to staff and customers.

  • Ensures compliance with safety and other statutory regulations.

  • Determines staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term requirements.

  • Liaises with clients, generates new business and negotiates contracts with suppliers and clients.

  • Ensures that necessary spare parts, materials and equipment are available or obtainable at short notice.

  • Plans the optimum utilisation of staff and operating equipment, and co-ordinates maintenance activities to ensure least possible disruption to services..

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Machinery

  • Profit And Loss (P&L) Management

  • Project Management

  • Construction

  • Customer Relationship Building

  • Electrical Equipment

  • Upselling

  • Account Management

  • Asset Management

  • Business Development

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Sales

  • Customer Service

  • Communication

  • Management

  • Leadership

  • Organizational Skills

  • Prioritization

  • Tenacity

  • Operations

  • Resilience

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Business (Top-up)

South Thames College Group (inc Carshalton, South Thames and Kingston College)

BA (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Kingston upon Thames · 09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Business Management with Foundation Year

Liverpool John Moores University

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Liverpool · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 72/80

Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

Coventry University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Coventry · 09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Business Management

Liverpool Hope University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Liverpool · 09/2024

Tariff points: 104/104

Business (Leadership and Management)

Chichester College Group (inc Brinsbury, Chichester, Crawley, Northbrook & Worthing Colleges)

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Chichester · 09/2024

Tariff points: 80/80

Business Management

New College Swindon University Centre

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Swindon · 09/2024

Tariff points: 80/80

Public Services

Teesside University, Middlesbrough

FdA · 2 Years · Full-time · Hartlepool · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 40/48

Business

Gloucestershire College

HNC · 2 Years · Blended learning (part-time) · Cheltenham · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Business

University of Lincoln

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Lincoln · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 104/104

Business Management and Entrepreneurship

London College of Contemporary Arts

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · London · 10/2024

Tariff points: 64/64

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