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Chilling operator

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

Other denominations:
Prepared meals operator

Chilling operators perform various processes and tend specific machines for manufacturing prepared meals and dishes. They apply chilling, sealing, and freezing methods to foodstuffs for non-immediate consumption.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Operating and monitoring machinery used to restrain, stun, slaughter animals and to trim carcasses into standard meat and fish cuts;
(b) Setting, operating and attending machinery and ovens to mix, bake and otherwise prepare bread and flour confectionery products;
(c) Operating machinery to crush, mix, malt, cook and ferment grains and fruits to produce beer, wines, malt liquors, vinegar, yeast and related products;
(d) Attending equipment to make jam, toffee, cheese, processed cheese, margarine, syrup, ice, pasta, ice-cream, sausages, chocolate, maize starch, edible fats and dextrin;
(e) Operating equipment to cool, heat, dry, roast, blanch, pasteurize, smoke, sterilize, freeze, evaporate and concentrate foodstuffs and liquids used in food processing;
(f) Mixing, pulping, grinding, blending and separating foodstuffs and liquids with churning, pressing, sieving, grinding and filtering equipment;
(g) Processing tobacco leaves by machine to make cigarettes, cigars, pipe and other tobacco products.

Knowledge

  • Food processing

Digital competencies

  • Planning events and programmes
  • Fabricating food and related products
  • Monitoring quality of products
  • Ensuring compliance with legislation
  • Complying with health and safety procedures

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
  • Demonstrating willingness to learn
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Craft and related trades workers

Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers

Garment and related trades workers

Garment and related patternmakers and cutters

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

Garment and related patternmakers and cutters

338

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

7,10%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-8,65% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

29,29%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

7,10%

Part-time contracts

1,63% Turnover index

112

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-4%

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%

Men
Women

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

Garment and related trades 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?

Garment and related patternmakers and cutters

No experience
9%
Less than 1 year
14%
Between 1 and 2 years
18%
Between 2 and 4 years
35%
Between 4 and 8 years
6%
More than 8 years
18%
Manufacturing
30%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
21%
Information and communication
20%
Transportation and storage
6%
Administrative and support service activities
5%
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.