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Distillation operator

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

Other denominations:
Distillation operator Distillation operators Distillation process expert Oil refinery expert Petroleum refinery operator Petroleum refinery technician Refinery technician

Distillation operators run and oversee the oil distillation process and assist with troubleshooting. They operate distillation equipment to separate intermediate products or impurities from oil. They turn control valves and gauges to attain temperatures, material flow rate, pressure, etc.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Setting up, starting, controlling, adjusting and stopping machines and plant;
(b) Monitoring reaction processes and transfers of products in conformity with safety procedures;
(c) Monitoring meters, gauges and electronic instrumentation on one or more chemical or formulation units, such as mixers, kettles, blenders, dryers, tabletting, encapsulation, granulation and coating machines;
(d) Measuring, weighing and loading chemical ingredients following formulation cards;
(e) Making samples and performing routine chemical and physical tests of products and recording production data;
(f) Cleaning and performing minor repairs to machines and plant.

Knowledge

  • Chemistry
  • Mathematics

Digital competencies

  • Monitoring quality of products
  • Maintaining operational records
  • Measuring dimensions and related properties
  • Complying with health and safety procedures
  • Cleaning tools, equipment, workpieces and vehicles

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools to control machinery

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

Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers

Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers

Fishery workers, hunters and trappers

Aquaculture workers

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

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Aquaculture workers

421

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

6,78%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

37,29% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

38,82%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

5,02%

Part-time contracts

1,20% Turnover index

143

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-2%

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.

Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers

87%

13%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting 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

Fishery workers, hunters and trappers

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?

Aquaculture workers

No experience
8%
Less than 1 year
17%
Between 1 and 2 years
20%
Between 2 and 4 years
33%
Between 4 and 8 years
6%
More than 8 years
16%
Manufacturing
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%

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.