Cataleg D ocupacions capçalera

Breadcrumb

Catalogue of occupations

Ocupacions

Moulding machine technician

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

Other denominations:
Molding machine technician Mould blower Mould builder Mould dresser Mould filler Mould filler and drainer Mould maker apprentice Mould mechanic Mould presser Mould setter Mould setting operator Mould stamper Moulding line operator Moulding operator

Moulding machine technicians service machinery used in the casting and moulding of plastics and other materials. They calibrate the equipment, perform maintenance activities, examine finished products and repair faults.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Fitting, installing, examining, servicing and repairing engines, machinery and mechanical equipment;
(b) Oiling and greasing stationary engines and machinery;
(c) Inspecting and testing new machinery and mechanical equipment for conformity with standards and specifications;
(d) Disassembling machinery and equipment to remove parts and make repairs;
(e) Examining parts for defects such as breakage and excessive wear;
(f) Operating newly repaired machinery and equipment to verify the adequacy of repairs;
(g) Recording repairs and maintenance performed.

Knowledge

  • Mechanics and metal trades
  • Electronics and automation
  • Fashion, interior and industrial design
  • Physics

Digital competencies

  • Joining parts using soldering, welding or brazing techniques
  • Making production moulds and casts
  • Installing wooden and metal components
  • Maintaining mechanical machinery
  • Developing solutions

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
  • Supporting others
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Technicians and associate professionals

Science and engineering associate professionals

Physical and engineering science technicians

Physical and engineering science technicians not elsewhere classified

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

Physical and engineering science technicians not elsewhere classified

366

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

10,66%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

10,07% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

70,78%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

8,09%

Part-time contracts

1,07% Turnover index

211

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-3%

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.

Science and engineering associate professionals

68%

32%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Science and engineering associate professionals

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

Physical and engineering science technicians

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?

Physical and engineering science technicians not elsewhere classified

No experience
9%
Less than 1 year
16%
Between 1 and 2 years
11%
Between 2 and 4 years
40%
Between 4 and 8 years
7%
More than 8 years
17%
Manufacturing
32%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
28%
Information and communication
9%
Administrative and support service activities
8%
Education
7%
Others
16%

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.