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Automotive battery technician

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

Other denominations:
Automobile battery installer Automobile battery technician Automotive battery assembler Automotive battery installer Automotive battery repairer Automotive battery tester Automotive repair technician Battery installer Bus battery technician Car battery installer Car battery technician Coach battery technician Dry cell battery technician Dry cell installer Dry cell repairer Dry cell tester Installer of automotive batteries Lorry battery technician Motor vehicle battery installer Motor vehicle battery technician Technician of automotive batteries Truck battery technician Vehicle battery technician

Automotive battery technicians assemble, install, inspect, maintain and repair batteries in motor vehicles. They use electrical test equipment to confirm good working condition after installation. They evaluate batteries to determine the nature of power problems. They also prepare old batteries for disposal.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Fitting, adjusting and repairing various kinds of electrical machinery and motors, generators, switchgear and control apparatus, instruments, or electrical parts of elevators and related equipment;
(b) Fitting, adjusting and repairing electrical parts in domestic appliances, industrial machines and other appliances;
(c) Inspecting and testing manufactured electrical products;
(d) Installing, testing, connecting, commissioning, maintaining and modifying electrical equipment, wiring and control systems;
(e) Designing, installing, maintaining, servicing and repairing electric and hydraulic passenger and freight lifts, escalators, moving walkways and other lift equipment;
(f) Connecting electrical systems to power supply;
(g) Replacing and repairing defective parts.

Knowledge

  • Electricity and energy
  • Chemistry
  • Electronics and automation

Digital competencies

  • Installing and repairing electrical, electronic and precision equipment
  • Maintaining electrical, electronic and precision equipment
  • Joining parts using soldering, welding or brazing techniques
  • Interpreting technical documentation and diagrams
  • Assembling electrical and electronic products

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools to control machinery

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Communicating
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Managers

Hospitality, retail and other services managers

Retail and wholesale trade managers

Retail and wholesale trade managers

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

Retail and wholesale trade managers

506

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

24,84%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

12,69% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

64,43%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

8,30%

Part-time contracts

1,14% Turnover index

804

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

1%

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.

Hospitality, retail and other services managers

62%

38%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Hospitality, retail and other services managers

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

Retail and wholesale trade managers

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?

Retail and wholesale trade managers

No experience
11%
Less than 1 year
20%
Between 1 and 2 years
10%
Between 2 and 4 years
30%
Between 4 and 8 years
12%
More than 8 years
17%
Administrative and support service activities
35%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
18%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
15%
Manufacturing
9%
Information and communication
6%
Others
17%

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.