Cataleg D ocupacions capçalera

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Catalogue of occupations

Ocupacions

Equine worker

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

Other denominations:
Equine technician Equine worker Horse and pony technician Horse and pony worker Horse worker

Equine workers provide caring activities for horses and ponies.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Digging and shovelling to clear ditches or for other purposes;
(b) Loading and unloading supplies, produce and other materials;
(c) Feeding, watering and cleaning animals and keeping their quarters clean;
(d) Monitoring livestock and reporting on their condition;
(e) Assisting with maintaining the health and welfare of livestock;
(f) Assisting with herding, droving and separating livestock for milking, shearing, transportation or slaughter and between pastures;
(g) Collecting eggs and placing in incubators;
(h) Raking, pitching, stacking and storing hay, straw and other types of animal feed and bedding
(i) Grading, sorting, packing produce into containers;
(j) Performing minor repairs on fixtures, buildings, equipment and fences.

Knowledge

  • Biology
  • Crop and livestock production
  • Transport services
  • Law
  • Veterinary

Digital competencies

  • Tending and breeding animals
  • Feeding and grooming animals
  • Training animals
  • Maintaining operational records
  • Complying with health and safety procedures

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

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

Plant and machine operators, and assemblers

Stationary plant and machine operators

Other stationary plant and machine operators

Glass and ceramics plant operators

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

Glass and ceramics plant operators

150

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

7,87%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

89,87% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

12,00%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

11,33%

Part-time contracts

2,83% Turnover index

20

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

66%

34%

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

Other stationary plant and machine 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?

Glass and ceramics plant operators

No experience
13%
Less than 1 year
10%
Between 1 and 2 years
16%
Between 2 and 4 years
41%
Between 4 and 8 years
10%
More than 8 years
10%
Administrative and support service activities
47%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
21%
Information and communication
7%
Manufacturing
5%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
4%
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.