Cataleg D ocupacions capçalera

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Ocupacions

Vending machine operator

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

Other denominations:
Coin-operated locker operator Coin-operated personal service machine operator Coin-operated washing machine operator Laundrette operator Photo booth operator Vending machine monitor Vending machine operator Vending machine servicer Vending machine supervisor Vending machine technician Vending route operator Weighing machine operator

Vending machine operators remove cash, conduct visual inspections of the machine, provide basic maintenance and refill goods sold for vending and other coin-operated machines.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Filling storage areas of vending machines and collecting money from their containers;
(b) Collecting money from parking meters and similar coinboxes;
(c) Reading electricity, gas or water meters and recording consumption;
(d) Keeping records of merchandise distributed and money collected;
(e) Proceeding along established routes to take readings of meter dials;
(f) Verifying readings in cases where consumption appears to be abnormal, and record possible reasons for fluctuations;
(g) Inspecting meters for unauthorized connections, defects and damage such as broken seals.

Knowledge

  • Wholesale and retail sales
  • Food processing
  • Mechanics and metal trades
  • Work skills
  • Electricity and energy

Digital competencies

  • Maintaining operational records
  • Marking materials or objects for identification
  • Sorting materials or products
  • Using precision instrumentation and equipment
  • Cleaning tools, equipment, workpieces and vehicles

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

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.

Professional groups of the occupation

Technicians and associate professionals

Science and engineering associate professionals

Physical and engineering science technicians

Electrical engineering technicians

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

Electrical engineering technicians

63

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

24,71%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-37,00% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

77,78%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

23,81%

Part-time contracts

1,07% Turnover index

32

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-21%

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.

Science and engineering associate professionals

68%

32%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Science and engineering 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

Physical and engineering science technicians

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?

Electrical engineering technicians

No experience
2%
Less than 1 year
9%
Between 1 and 2 years
37%
Between 2 and 4 years
35%
Between 4 and 8 years
1%
More than 8 years
16%
Manufacturing
22%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
21%
Education
13%
Administrative and support service activities
12%
Information and communication
9%
Others
23%

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.