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Vehicle maintenance attendant

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

Other denominations:
Lgv maintenance attendant Lgv service technician Pcv maintenance attendant Pcv service technician Bus and coach maintenance attendant Bus and coach service technician Bus maintenance attendant Bus service technician Coach maintenance attendant Coach service technician Fast-fit maintenance attendant Fast-fit service technician Heavy vehicle maintenance attendant Heavy vehicle service technician Light vehicle maintenance attendant Light vehicle service technician Vehicle maintenance attendant

Vehicle maintenance attendants execute basic tasks such as changing oil, changing filters, changing spark plugs at a vehicle maintenance station.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Detecting and diagnosing faults in engines and parts;
(b) Fitting, examining, testing and servicing motor vehicle and motorcycle engines;
(c) Replacing engine components or complete engines;
(d) Fitting, examining, adjusting, dismantling, rebuilding and replacing defective parts of motor vehicles;
(e) Installing or adjusting motors and brakes, and adjusting steering or other parts of motor vehicles;
(f) Installing, adjusting, servicing and replacing mechatronics components of motor vehicles;
(g) Performing scheduled maintenance services, such as oil changes, lubrications and engine tune-ups, to achieve smoother running of vehicles and ensure compliance with pollution regulations;
(h) Reassembling engines and parts after being repaired.

Knowledge

  • Mechanics and metal trades
  • Motor vehicles, ships and aircraft
  • Transport services

Digital competencies

  • Maintaining operational records
  • Executing financial transactions
  • Repairing and installing mechanical equipment
  • Handling and disposing of hazardous materials
  • Engaging with others to identify needs

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
  • Communicating
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Craft and related trades workers

Metal, machinery and related trades workers

Machinery mechanics and repairers

Motor vehicle mechanics and repairers

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

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Motor vehicle mechanics and repairers

1.103

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

17,14%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-1,61% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

74,25%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

15,50%

Part-time contracts

1,13% Turnover index

675

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-7%

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

Machinery mechanics and repairers

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?

Motor vehicle mechanics and repairers

No experience
9%
Less than 1 year
12%
Between 1 and 2 years
13%
Between 2 and 4 years
42%
Between 4 and 8 years
9%
More than 8 years
15%
Indústries manufactureres
46%
Activitats professionals, científiques i tècniques
12%
Comerç a l'engròs i al detall; reparació de vehicles de motor i motocicletes
8%
Transport i emmagatzematge
8%
Activitats administratives i serveis auxiliars
7%
Altres
19%

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.