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Debarker operator

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

Other denominations:
Debarker Debarker operator Debarker specialist Debarker technician Debarking machine operator Debarking machine specialist Debarking machine technician Debarking machinist Debarking operator Debarking specialist Debarking technician Log peeler Log peeler operator Log peeler specialist Log peeler technician Log peeling machine operator Log peeling machine specialist Log peeling machine technician Log peeling machinist

Debarker operators operate debarking machines to strip harvested trees of their bark. The tree is fed into the machine, after which the bark is stripped using abrasion or cutting.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Examining logs and rough lumber to determine size, condition, quality and other characteristics to decide best lumber cuts to carry out, or operating automated equipment to convey logs through laser scanners which determine the most productive and profitable cutting patterns;
(b) Operating and monitoring log in-feed and conveyor systems;
(c) Operating and monitoring head saws, resaws and multiblade saws to saw logs, cants, flitches, slabs or wings and remove rough edges from sawn timber into dressed lumber of various sizes, and saw or split shingles and shakes;
(d) Operating and monitoring plywood core-laying machines and hot-plate plywood presses and machines which cut veneer;
(e) Cleaning and lubricating sawmill equipment.

Knowledge

  • Mechanics and metal trades
  • Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)
  • Wholesale and retail sales
  • Chemical engineering and processes

Digital competencies

  • Monitoring quality of products
  • Operating wood processing and papermaking machinery
  • Maintaining operational records
  • Installing wooden and metal components
  • Working with machinery and specialised equipment

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

Wood processing plant operators

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

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Wood processing plant operators

17

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

6,27%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

30,77% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

64,71%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

11,76%

Part-time contracts

1,13% Turnover index

9

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-17%

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?

Wood processing plant operators

No experience
8%
Less than 1 year
19%
Between 1 and 2 years
21%
Between 2 and 4 years
41%
Between 4 and 8 years
6%
More than 8 years
5%
Manufacturing
31%
Construction
16%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
15%
Education
10%
Transportation and storage
7%
Others
21%

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.