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Automotive test driver
Auto test driver Automobile test and development driver Automobile test driver Automobile test technician Automotive test driver Automotive test technician Car test and development driver Car test driver Car test technician Car tester Motor vehicle test driver Prototype vehicle evaluator Prototype vehicle tester Road test and development driver Road test driver Test driver
Automotive test drivers drive prototype and pre-production vehicles and assess their performance, safety and comfort. They test the models in various driving situations and prepare reports to help engineers improve their designs and identify problems. They can work for manufacturers, independent vehicle test organisations or automotive magazines.
Tasks
Tasks include -
(a) Inspecting and testing products, parts and materials for conformity with specifications and standards;
(b) Grading and classifying natural textile fibres for spinning and winding;
(c) Discarding or rejecting products, materials and equipment not meeting specifications;
(d) Analysing and interpreting blueprints, data, manuals, and other materials to determine specifications, inspection and testing procedures;
(e) Notifying supervisors and other personnel of production problems, and assisting in identifying and correcting these problems;
(f) Recording inspection or test data, such as weights, temperatures, grades or moisture content, and quantities inspected or graded;
(g) Marking items with details such as grade and acceptance or rejection status;
(h) Measuring dimensions of products using instruments such as rulers, callipers, gauges, or micrometers;
(i) Analysing test data and making computations as necessary to determine test results.
Knowledge
- Mechanics and metal trades
- Motor vehicles, ships and aircraft
- Occupational health and safety
- Transport services
Digital competencies
- Driving vehicles
- Installing wooden and metal components
- Maintaining operational records
- Complying with health and safety procedures
- Collaborating and liaising
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
Professional groups of the occupation
Craft and related trades workers
Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers
Other craft and related workers
Product graders and testers (except foods and beverages)
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
Product graders and testers (except foods and beverages)
6
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
7,41%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
-87,76% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
83,33%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
33,33%
Part-time contracts
1,00% Turnover index
53
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
-6%
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.
Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers
73%
27%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades 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 craft and related workers
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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?
Product graders and testers (except foods and beverages)
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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