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Curing room worker

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

Other denominations:
Curing room assistant Curing room attendant Curing room operative Curing room worker Tobacco curer Tobacco curing room worker Tobacco drier Tobacco drier operator Tobacco dryer Tobacco drying machine operator Tobacco drying machine tender Tobacco drying worker Tobacco roaster

Curing room workers assist in the blending, aging, and fermenting of tobacco strips and stems for the production of cigars, chewing tobacco and snuff.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Grading cured tobacco leaves by type, quality and locality where grown;
(b) Mixing tobacco leaves according to formula to obtain a blend of distinct flavour;
(c) Tending vacuum container which moistens tobacco for further processing;
(d) Removing midribs and stalks from tobacco leaves and shredding tobacco;
(e) Making cigars, cigarettes, snuff and other tobacco products by hand or with simple machines.

Knowledge

  • Food processing
  • History and archaeology

Digital competencies

  • Fabricating tobacco products
  • Working in teams
  • Monitoring quality of products
  • Ensuring compliance with legislation
  • Complying with health and safety procedures

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

  • Collaborating in teams and networks
  • Demonstrating willingness to learn
  • Working efficiently
  • Communicating
  • Following ethical code of conduct

Professional groups of the occupation

Plant and machine operators, and assemblers

Drivers and mobile plant operators

Mobile plant operators

Earthmoving and related plant operators

Other occupations of the professional group

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

Earthmoving and related plant operators

1

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

100,00%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

,00% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

100,00%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

,00%

Part-time contracts

1,00% Turnover index

0

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

0%

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.

Drivers and mobile plant operators

91%

9%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Drivers and mobile plant 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

Mobile plant 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?

Earthmoving and related plant operators

No experience
16%
Less than 1 year
8%
Between 1 and 2 years
8%
Between 2 and 4 years
20%
Between 4 and 8 years
20%
More than 8 years
28%
Construction
19%
Manufacturing
16%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
13%
Administrative and support service activities
11%
Transportation and storage
9%
Others
32%

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.