Occupation code 8135 covers printing machine assistants. On the UK Skilled Worker route this code is classed as Ineligible.
Is code 8135 eligible for sponsorship?
Occupation code 8135 is ineligible for the Skilled Worker route. Since the skills threshold rose to RQF level 6 on 22 July 2025, this occupation can no longer be sponsored, and no salary will make it eligible. Your options are to look at a more senior role that genuinely matches a different code, or at another visa route — see which jobs still qualify.
Salary requirement for code 8135
GOV.UK does not publish a going rate for this occupation code, which is normally the case for codes that cannot be sponsored. If your role is eligible under a different code, use that code's going rate instead.
Job titles under this code
GOV.UK lists the following related job titles for occupation code 8135. Your employer should choose the code that matches your actual duties, not your job title — different employers use different titles for the same work.
- Printing machine assistants
Which employers can sponsor this role?
Any employer holding a Skilled Worker sponsor licence can sponsor an eligible occupation — the licence is not granted per occupation code. What you need to check is that the employer appears on the Home Office register with the Skilled Worker route and an A rating.
Search over 125,000 licensed sponsor records on the UK sponsor list, filter by town on sponsors by city, or check a specific employer in the A–Z company directory.
Related occupation codes
Other codes in the same process, plant and machine operatives group:
- 8111Food, drink and tobacco process operatives
- 8112Textile process operatives
- 8113Chemical and related process operatives
- 8114Plastics process operatives
- 8115Metal making and treating process operatives
- 8119Process operatives not elsewhere classified.
- 8120Metal working machine operatives
- 8131Paper and wood machine operatives