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Land-based machinery supervisor

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Agricultural equipment supervisor Agricultural machinery supervisor Combined driver supervisor Farm equipment supervisor Farm machinery supervisor Land-based machinery supervisor Landbased machinery supervisor Tractor driver supervisor

Land-based machinery supervisors plan and organise land-based machinery services for agricultural production and landscaping in close cooperation with their clients.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Driving and tending tractor-drawn or self-propelled special-purpose farm machinery to plough land and sow, fertilize, cultivate and harvest crops;
(b) Driving and tending tractor-drawn or self-propelled special-purpose forestry machinery to clear land, plant, harvest and carry trees and timber or perform other forestry operations;
(c) Preparing and positioning plant for operation;
(d) Adjusting speed, height and depth of implements;
(e) Operating plant to hold, lift and cut trees;
(f) Operating attachments to lift, swing, release and sort trees and logs, and operating auxiliary plant such as chipping machines and log splitting machines;
(g) Feeding felled trees into processors to strip limbs and cut into logs and loading logs onto stockpiles and into trucks;
(h) Servicing machinery and performing minor repairs.

Knowledge

  • Crop and livestock production
  • Biology
  • Finance, banking and insurance
  • Law
  • Mechanics and metal trades

Digital competencies

  • Supervising a team or group
  • Planning events and programmes
  • Operating agricultural or forestry equipment
  • Monitoring safety or security
  • Maintaining operational records

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools for collaboration and productivity
  • Designing ict systems or applications

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Leading others
  • Collaborating in teams and networks
  • Communicating
  • Supporting others

Professional groups of the occupation

Plant and machine operators, and assemblers

Drivers and mobile plant operators

Mobile plant operators

Mobile farm and forestry plant operators

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Mobile farm and forestry plant operators

13

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

,77%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-21,30% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

23,61%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

11,11%

Part-time contracts

1,23% Turnover index

5

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-32%

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

92%

8%

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?

Mobile farm and forestry plant operators

No experience
7%
Less than 1 year
18%
Between 1 and 2 years
29%
Between 2 and 4 years
21%
Between 4 and 8 years
14%
More than 8 years
11%
Construction
29%
Manufacturing
27%
Education
13%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
11%
Information and communication
9%
Others
11%

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.