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Ocupacions

Industrial machinery mechanic

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

Other denominations:
Electrical engineering fitter Electronic fitter Engineering fitter Industrial machine fitter Industrial machine inspector Industrial machine maintenance engineer Industrial machine mechanic Industrial machine repairer Industrial machinery fitter Industrial machinery inspector Industrial machinery maintenance engineer Industrial machinery mechanic Industrial machinery repairer Mechanical engineering fitter Mechanical fitter

Industrial machinery mechanics work on new machinery and equipment in operation. They set up for the specific application and build accessories if necessary, perform maintenance and repair, and run diagnostics to find faults in systems or parts that need replacing.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Fitting, installing, examining, servicing and repairing engines, machinery and mechanical equipment;
(b) Oiling and greasing stationary engines and machinery;
(c) Inspecting and testing new machinery and mechanical equipment for conformity with standards and specifications;
(d) Disassembling machinery and equipment to remove parts and make repairs;
(e) Examining parts for defects such as breakage and excessive wear;
(f) Operating newly repaired machinery and equipment to verify the adequacy of repairs;
(g) Recording repairs and maintenance performed.

Knowledge

  • Mechanics and metal trades
  • Electricity and energy
  • Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)
  • Physics
  • Community sanitation

Digital competencies

  • Joining parts using soldering, welding or brazing techniques
  • Developing solutions
  • Installing wooden and metal components
  • Installing and repairing electrical, electronic and precision equipment
  • Resolving computer problems

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

  • Communicating
  • Dealing with problems

Professional groups of the occupation

Service and sales workers

Personal service workers

Other personal services workers

Driving instructors

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

Driving instructors

366

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

10,66%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

10,07% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

70,78%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

8,09%

Part-time contracts

1,07% Turnover index

211

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-3%

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.

Personal service workers

53%

47%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Personal service workers

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

Other personal services workers

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?

Driving instructors

No experience
9%
Less than 1 year
16%
Between 1 and 2 years
11%
Between 2 and 4 years
40%
Between 4 and 8 years
7%
More than 8 years
17%
Education
34%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
18%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
12%
Manufacturing
10%
Information and communication
10%
Others
16%

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.