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Paper machine operator

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

Other denominations:
Paper machine hand Paper machine operator Paper machine specialist Paper machine technician Paper maker Paper making machine operator Paper making machine specialist Paper making machine technician Paper-making machine operator Paper-making machine specialist Paper-making machine technician

Paper machine operators tend a machine that takes in pulp slurry, spread it out over a screen, and drains out the water. The drained slurry is then pressed and dried to produce paper.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Operating and monitoring screening and bleaching equipment, digesters, mixing tanks, washers and other pulp processing machinery and equipment to carry out one or more cellulose processing steps;
(b) Operating and monitoring papermaking and finishing process machinery and equipment to dry, calender, laminate, coat, slit, trim, wind or carry out other papermaking and finishing process steps;
(c) Controlling start-up and shut-down of machinery and equipment, and observing equipment and machinery panel indicators, gauges, and other equipment to detect machinery and equipment malfunctions and ensure process steps are carried out according to specifications;
(d) Communicating with process control operators to make process adjustments and start up or shut down machinery and equipment as required;
(e) Analysing instrument readings and production test samples and making adjustments to production process and equipment as required;
(f) Mounting, positioning and threading paper rolls using a hoist;
(g) Inspecting paper visually for wrinkles, holes, discoloration, streaks or other defects and taking corrective action;
(h) Completing and maintaining production reports.

Knowledge

  • Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)
  • Chemistry
  • Wholesale and retail sales

Digital competencies

  • Operating wood processing and papermaking machinery
  • Monitoring quality of products
  • Maintaining operational records
  • Working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • Measuring physical properties

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools to control machinery

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Plant and machine operators, and assemblers

Stationary plant and machine operators

Wood processing and papermaking plant operators

Pulp and papermaking plant operators

Other occupations of the professional group

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

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Pulp and papermaking plant operators

2

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

,95%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-71,43% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

100,00%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

50,00%

Part-time contracts

1,00% Turnover index

29

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

10%

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

Wood processing and papermaking plant 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?

Pulp and papermaking plant operators

No experience
7%
Less than 1 year
8%
Between 1 and 2 years
37%
Between 2 and 4 years
31%
Between 4 and 8 years
4%
More than 8 years
13%
Manufacturing
30%
Administrative and support service activities
19%
Transportation and storage
18%
Construction
7%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
6%
Others
20%

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.