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Freight inspector

Latest available data: December 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Cargo inspector Cargo surveyor Freight & cargo inspector Freight and cargo inspector Freight inspector Freight surveyor Inspector of freight Marine and cargo surveyor Principal surveyor

Freight inspectors determine if freight is secure and comes with the proper documentation. They inspect, manage and document freight shipments while verifying that the content comply with local, national and international regulations.

Tasks

In such cases tasks would include -
(a) Examining places of business to ensure the use of correct weights and measures in trade;
(b) Monitoring price regulations to assess appropriateness of costs for goods and services to protect consumer interests;
(c) Monitoring wage regulations to ensure appropriate levels of pay for work performed and to assess compliance with employment standards legislation;
(d) Performing related investigative and administrative tasks to record findings, document compliance problems or inappropriate business practices and to prepare reports and correspondence.

Knowledge

  • Transport services

Digital competencies

  • Monitoring safety or security
  • Maintaining operational records
  • Testing vehicles
  • Monitoring, inspecting and testing
  • Loading and unloading goods and, materials

Digital competencies

  • Accessing and analysing digital data

Personal competencies

  • Processing information, ideas and concepts
  • Leading others
  • Supporting others
  • Communicating
  • Taking a proactive approach

Professional groups of the occupation

Technicians and associate professionals

Business and administration associate professionals

Government regulatory associate professionals

Government regulatory associatepprofessionals not elsewhere classified

Related training

Higher education
  • Nautical and maritime transport Bachelor
  • International Business Management Bachelor
Vocational training
  • International trade HVET
  • Transport and logistics HVET
Certificates of professionalism
  • Organization of transport and distribution CP3
  • Road freight traffic CP3
  • Commercial and financial management of road transport CP3
  • International marketing and sales CP3

Legend by training level:

Bachelor's degree and Master's degree
HVET: Higher Vocational Education and Training, IVET: Initial Vocational Education and Training, IQP: Initial Qualification Programme
Certificates of professionalism 1, 2, or 3

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Government regulatory associatepprofessionals not elsewhere classified

1.022

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

78,68%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

9,89% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

58,41%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

34,93%

Part-time contracts

1,17% Turnover index

34

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

17%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Business and administration associate professionals

61%

39%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Business and administration associate professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Government regulatory associate professionals

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Government regulatory associatepprofessionals not elsewhere classified

No experience
14%
Less than 1 year
67%
Between 1 and 2 years
5%
Between 2 and 4 years
8%
Between 4 and 8 years
5%
More than 8 years
1%
Other service activities
35%
Education
12%
Administrative and support service activities
12%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
8%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
6%
Others
27%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

Methodological note