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Ocupacions
Land-based machinery operator
Agricultural equipment operator Agricultural machinery operator Combined driver Farm equipment operator Forest tractor driver Forestry tractor driver Land-based machinery operator Land-based machinery operators Landbased machinery operator Tractor driver
Land-based machinery operators operate specialised equipment and machinery for agricultural production and maintenance of landscape.
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
- Mechanics and metal trades
- Chemistry
- Law
- Biology
Digital competencies
- Operating agricultural or forestry equipment
- Working in teams
- Loading and unloading goods and, materials
- Developing solutions
- Cultivating land and crops
Digital competencies
- Using digital tools for collaboration and productivity
Personal competencies
- Collaborating in teams and networks
- Taking a proactive approach
- Dealing with problems
- Processing information, ideas and concepts
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%
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
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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
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.
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