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Footwear finishing and packing operator

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

Other denominations:
Footwear finishing and packing operator

Footwear finishing and packing operators apply several techniques for assuring an appropriate final appearance of the packed pairs of footwear that are going to be sold. they follow information received from their supervisor about the shoes that are going to be finished, the means and materials to be used and the sequence of operations.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Operating and monitoring machines that weigh, wrap, seal and pack various products;
(b) Operating and monitoring machines that fill and seal tubes, bottles, cans, boxes, bags and other containers with products such as food, beverages, paints, oils and lotions;
(c) Operating and monitoring machines that, by gluing or other methods, label products, packages and various containers.

Knowledge

  • Textiles (clothes, footwear and leather)

Digital competencies

  • Fabricating garments and textile products
  • Advising on environmental issues
  • Monitoring quality of products
  • Preparing industrial materials for processing or use
  • Packaging objects

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

  • Working efficiently
  • Taking a proactive approach

Professional groups of the occupation

Plant and machine operators, and assemblers

Stationary plant and machine operators

Other stationary plant and machine operators

Packing, bottling and labelling machine operators

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

Packing, bottling and labelling machine operators

910

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

21,15%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

321,30% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

13,52%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

59,45%

Part-time contracts

1,65% Turnover index

172

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-5%

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.

Stationary plant and machine operators

66%

34%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Stationary plant and machine operators

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

Other stationary plant and machine operators

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?

Packing, bottling and labelling machine operators

No experience
12%
Less than 1 year
14%
Between 1 and 2 years
20%
Between 2 and 4 years
31%
Between 4 and 8 years
8%
More than 8 years
15%
Manufacturing
27%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
18%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
16%
Administrative and support service activities
13%
Construction
8%
Others
18%

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.