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Coppersmith

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Brass fabricator Brass worker Brazer Copper artist Copper craftsman Copper craftswoman Copper craftworker Copper fabricator Copper worker Coppersmith Coppersmith brazer Decorative coppersmith Metalworker Non-ferrous metal worker Pipe fabricator Pipefitter Redsmith

Coppersmiths craft and repair items made of non-ferrous metals such as copper, brass and similar materials. They shape and form the raw materials into objects of practical or artistic purpose using smithing tools. Professional coppersmiths create detailed and highly technical devices using appropriate smithing techniques.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Marking sheet metal for cutting and shaping;
(b) Making and repairing household utensils and other articles in tin, copper and light alloys, or ornamental articles and fittings;
(c) Making and repairing boilers, tanks, vats and similar containers;
(d) Installing and repairing sheet-metal parts of vehicles and aircraft;
(e) Converting blueprints into shop drawings to be followed in the construction and assembly of sheet metal products;
(f) Determining project requirements, including scope, assembly sequences, and required methods and materials, according to blueprints, drawings, and written or verbal instructions;
(g) Inspecting product quality and installation to ensure conformance to specifications.

Knowledge

  • Mechanics and metal trades
  • Building and civil engineering

Digital competencies

  • Shaping materials to create products
  • Creating artistic designs or performances
  • Using precision measuring equipment
  • Preparing industrial materials for processing or use
  • Operating kilns, furnaces and drying equipment

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
  • Collaborating in teams and networks
  • Taking a proactive approach
  • Thinking creatively and innovatively
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Craft and related trades workers

Metal, machinery and related trades workers

Sheet and structural metal workers, moulders and welders, and related workers

Sheet metal workers

Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Sheet metal workers

116

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

11,43%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-14,07% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

53,45%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

5,17%

Part-time contracts

1,13% Turnover index

220

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-20%

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.

Metal, machinery and related trades workers

94%

6%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Metal, machinery 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

Sheet and structural metal workers, moulders and welders, and related 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?

Sheet metal workers

No experience
9%
Less than 1 year
13%
Between 1 and 2 years
12%
Between 2 and 4 years
34%
Between 4 and 8 years
21%
More than 8 years
11%
Manufacturing
46%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
12%
Administrative and support service activities
9%
Education
9%
Construction
6%
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.

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.