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Ocupacions

Wearing apparel presser

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

Other denominations:
Apparel presser Garment presser Hand presser for garment and related materials Hand pressing operator Ironer Ironing lady Ironing person Presser for garment and related materials Pressing machine operator for garment and related materials Steam flattener Topper-press operator Wearing apparel presser

Wearing apparel pressers use steam irons, vacuum pressers, or hand pressers to shape wearing apparel.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Laundering and pressing linen, clothing, fabrics and similar articles by hand in a laundry or other establishment;
(b) Cleaning, by hand and with chemical solutions, clothing, fabrics, leather goods and similar articles, in a dry-cleaning or other establishment;
(c) Replacing buttons and making minor repairs;
(d) Placing articles on shelves and hanging articles for delivery and collection.

Knowledge

  • Textiles (clothes, footwear and leather)

Digital competencies

  • Planning events and programmes
  • Fabricating garments and textile products
  • Operating machinery for the manufacture and treatment of textiles, fur and leather products
  • Evaluating systems, programmes, equipment and products
  • Washing and maintaining textiles and clothing

Digital competencies

  • Creating visual displays and decorations

Personal 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.

Professional groups of the occupation

Plant and machine operators, and assemblers

Stationary plant and machine operators

Rubber, plastic and paper products machine operators

Plastic products machine operators

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

Plastic products machine operators

393

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

17,38%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

4,24% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

41,98%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

55,47%

Part-time contracts

1,45% Turnover index

398

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-8%

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.

Stationary plant and machine operators

68%

32%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Stationary plant and machine operators

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

Rubber, plastic and paper products machine operators

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?

Plastic products machine operators

No experience
10%
Less than 1 year
10%
Between 1 and 2 years
19%
Between 2 and 4 years
44%
Between 4 and 8 years
6%
More than 8 years
11%
Manufacturing
43%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
13%
Construction
13%
Administrative and support service activities
7%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
7%
Others
17%

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.