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Refurbishing technician

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

Other denominations:
Lgv body repair technician Automobile refurbishing inspector Automotive refurbishing inspector Body repair technician Bus engine technician Bus and coach body repair technician Bus and coach refurbishing technician Bus engine refurbishing technician Car body repair technician Car body repairer Car engine refurbishing technician Car engine technician Car refurbishing inspector Car refurbishing technician Coach engine refurbishing technician Diesel engine refurbishing technician Diesel engine technician Electric engine refurbishing technician Electric engine technician Engine refurbishing inspector Engine refurbishing technician Engine technician Gas engine refurbishing technician Gas engine technician General refurbishing inspector Heavy engine refurbishing inspector Hybrid engine refurbishing technician Hybrid engine technician Light engine refurbishing inspector Lorry engine refurbishing technician Machine refurbishing inspector Mechanical refurbishing inspector Motor refurbishing inspector Motor vehicle body repairer Motor vehicle refurbishing technician Petrol engine refurbishing technician Petrol engine technician Powertrain refurbishing technician Powertrain technician Refurbishing technician Truck body repairer Truck engine refurbishing technician Truck engine technician Truck refurbishing technician Van refurbishing technician Vehicle engine technician Vehicle refurbishing inspector

Refurbishing technicians overhaul and refurbish inner parts of vehicles, such as engine parts and diesel pumps.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Detecting and diagnosing faults in engines and parts;
(b) Fitting, examining, testing and servicing motor vehicle and motorcycle engines;
(c) Replacing engine components or complete engines;
(d) Fitting, examining, adjusting, dismantling, rebuilding and replacing defective parts of motor vehicles;
(e) Installing or adjusting motors and brakes, and adjusting steering or other parts of motor vehicles;
(f) Installing, adjusting, servicing and replacing mechatronics components of motor vehicles;
(g) Performing scheduled maintenance services, such as oil changes, lubrications and engine tune-ups, to achieve smoother running of vehicles and ensure compliance with pollution regulations;
(h) Reassembling engines and parts after being repaired.

Knowledge

  • Electronics and automation
  • Mechanics and metal trades
  • Electricity and energy

Digital competencies

  • Interpreting technical documentation and diagrams
  • Measuring dimensions and related properties
  • Gathering information from physical or electronic sources
  • Purchasing goods or services
  • Installing wooden and metal components

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

Professional groups of the occupation

Professionals

Information and communications technology professionals

Software and applications developers and analysts

Software and applications developers and analysts not elsewhere classified

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

Software and applications developers and analysts not elsewhere classified

960

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

15,07%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-18,30% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

71,77%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

16,67%

Part-time contracts

1,12% Turnover index

668

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.

Information and communications technology professionals

95%

5%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Information and communications technology 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

Software and applications developers and analysts

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?

Software and applications developers and analysts not elsewhere classified

No experience
8%
Less than 1 year
17%
Between 1 and 2 years
13%
Between 2 and 4 years
41%
Between 4 and 8 years
7%
More than 8 years
14%
Manufacturing
47%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
10%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
10%
Transportation and storage
8%
Administrative and support service activities
7%
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.