Can you get a Skilled Worker visa as a stock control clerk or assistant?
No. You cannot get a UK Skilled Worker visa as a stock control clerk or assistant (SOC 4133).
You might be able to work in the UK on a different visa. Compare UK work visas.
Based on the UK Immigration Rules and the Skilled Worker visa guide on GOV.UK. This is a summary, not advice about your own situation.
The rules in detail
SOC 2020 code 4133 (Stock control clerks and assistants) is listed as not eligible for the Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility and Scale-up routes in Table 6 of Appendix Skilled OccupationsT6 · 29 Oct 26.
Source: Appendix Skilled Occupations and eligible occupations and codes, GOV.UK.| Occupation | Stock control clerks and assistants |
|---|---|
| Skilled Worker eligibility | Ineligible |
| Going rate | Not applicable |
| Appendix table(s) | Table 6 |
| Immigration Salary List | No |
| Temporary Shortage List | No |
| SOC 2020 group | 41 Administrative occupations › 413 Administrative occupations: records |
Job titles under SOC 4133
GOV.UK lists these related job titles:
- Stock control clerks and assistants
More job titles from the ONS SOC 2020 index (6)
- Auditor (stock control)
- Despatch clerk
- Material controller
- Stock controller
- Stores administrator
- Supply chain coordinator
What the job involves
Stock control clerks and assistants receive orders from customers, prepare requisitions or despatch documents for ordered goods, maintain and update records, files and other correspondence in relation to the storage and despatch of goods.
Typical tasks
- Receives and checks in deliveries from suppliers or completed stock to be despatched to customers
- Allocates appropriate storage space in accordance with stock control and space utilisation policies
- Receives enquiries and orders from customers, and quotes prices, discounts, delivery dates and other relevant information
- Prepares requisitions, consignments and other despatch documents
- Checks requisitions against stock records and forwards to issuing department
- Adjusts stock records as orders are received, reports on damaged stock and prepares requisitions to replenish damaged stock
Typical entry routes and qualifications
There are no minimum academic requirements, although entrants usually possess GCSEs/S grades. Training is usually provided on-the-job. NVQs/ SVQs in relevant areas are available at levels 2 and 3.
Description: ONS SOC 2020 Volume 1.
Questions about SOC 4133
Can you get a Skilled Worker visa as a stock control clerk or assistant?
No. You cannot get a UK Skilled Worker visa as a stock control clerk or assistant (SOC 4133). SOC 2020 code 4133 (Stock control clerks and assistants) is listed as not eligible for the Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility and Scale-up routes in Table 6 of Appendix Skilled Occupations.
What is SOC code 4133?
4133 is the SOC 2020 code for Stock control clerks and assistants. Stock control clerks and assistants receive orders from customers, prepare requisitions or despatch documents for ordered goods, maintain and update records, files and other correspondence in relation to the storage and despatch of goods.
What job titles use SOC code 4133?
GOV.UK lists: Stock control clerks and assistants.
Sources
- Skilled Worker visa: eligible occupations and codes (GOV.UK, updated 29 April 2026)
- Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Occupations (GOV.UK, updated 29 October 2026)
- Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Worker (GOV.UK, updated 29 October 2026)
- ONS SOC 2020 Volume 1: structure and descriptions of unit groups
Compiled by SWC Editorial Team from the sources above. An information summary, not immigration advice. Report an error on this page.