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Commodity broker

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

Other denominations:
Commodities broker Commodity broker Commodity dealer

Commodity brokers act as intermediary between buyers and sellers of movable and immovable property such as raw materials, livestock or real estate. They negotiate prices and receive a commission from the transactions. They research market conditions for specific commodities in order to inform their clients. They make bid offers and calculate the cost of transactions.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Establishing contact between buyers and sellers of commodities;
(b) Discussing buying or selling requirements of clients and giving advice accordingly;
(c) Buying and selling cargo space on ships;
(d) Negotiating purchase or sale of commodities and commodity futures;
(e) Finding cargo and/or storage space for commodities and negotiating freight, shipping and storage charges;
(f) Monitoring and analysing market trends and other factors affecting the supply and demand for commodities and shipping services.

Knowledge

  • Finance, banking and insurance
  • Wholesale and retail sales
  • Law
  • Statistics
  • Economics

Digital competencies

  • Negotiating and managing contracts and agreements
  • Developing professional relationships or networks
  • Communicating with colleagues and clients
  • Providing financial advice
  • Analysing financial and economic data

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
  • Supporting others
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Elementary occupations

Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport

Transport and storage labourers

Freight handlers

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

Freight handlers

37

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

86,05%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

27,59% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

51,35%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

,00%

Part-time contracts

1,85% Turnover index

9

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-23%

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.

Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport

61%

39%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport

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

Transport and storage labourers

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?

Freight handlers

No experience
12%
Less than 1 year
29%
Between 1 and 2 years
13%
Between 2 and 4 years
28%
Between 4 and 8 years
5%
More than 8 years
13%
Administrative and support service activities
22%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
17%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
15%
Manufacturing
12%
Information and communication
8%
Others
26%

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.