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Ocupacions

Pawnbroker

Latest available data: June 2026 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Deposit lender Loaner Pawn agent Pawn broker Pawnbroker Pawnshop manager Pawnshop operator Pawnshop owner

Pawnbrokers offer loans to clients by securing them with personal objects or items. They assess the personal items given in exchange for the loan, they determine their value and amount of loan available and keep track of inventory assets.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Evaluating articles offered as pledges, calculating interest, and lending money;
(b) Returning articles when the loan is paid or, in the event of non-payment, selling pledged articles;
(c) Lending money as personal loans against success of future harvest and other similar undertakings;
(d) Collecting loans when the pledge involved the success of future harvest and other similar undertakings;
(e) Keeping a record of items received and money distributed and received.

Knowledge

  • Finance, banking and insurance

Digital competencies

  • Selling products or services
  • Determining values of goods or services
  • Gathering information from physical or electronic sources
  • Maintaining operational records
  • Negotiating and managing contracts and agreements

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Demonstrating willingness to learn
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts
  • Communicating
  • Taking a proactive approach

Professional groups of the occupation

Clerical support workers

Customer services clerks

Tellers, money collectors and related clerks

Pawnbrokers and money-lenders

Related training

Vocational training
  • Administrative management IVET
Certificates of professionalism
  • Administrative activities in customer relations CP2
  • Marketing and management of financial products and services 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

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Customer services clerks

36%

64%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Customer services clerks

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

Tellers, money collectors and related clerks

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?

Pawnbrokers and money-lenders

Professional, scientific and techinical activities
40%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
30%
Manufacturing
10%
Construction
10%
Transportation and storage
10%
0%

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.

Occupations that share knowledge and skills

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

Methodological note