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Ocupacions

Automotive electrician

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

Other denominations:
Auto electrical technician Auto electrician Auto technician Autoelectrical technician Car electrician Electrical installation technician Motor vehicle electrical technician Motor vehicle electrician Truck electrician Van electrician Vehicle body electrician

Automotive electricians install, maintain and repair electrical and electronic systems in motor vehicles such as air conditioning systems, lamps, radios, heating systems, batteries, electrical wiring and alternators. They use diagnostic testing equipment to inspect vehicles and find faults. To do repair work, they use hand tools and specialised electrical instruments and machines.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Fitting, adjusting and repairing various kinds of electrical machinery and motors, generators, switchgear and control apparatus, instruments, or electrical parts of elevators and related equipment;
(b) Fitting, adjusting and repairing electrical parts in domestic appliances, industrial machines and other appliances;
(c) Inspecting and testing manufactured electrical products;
(d) Installing, testing, connecting, commissioning, maintaining and modifying electrical equipment, wiring and control systems;
(e) Designing, installing, maintaining, servicing and repairing electric and hydraulic passenger and freight lifts, escalators, moving walkways and other lift equipment;
(f) Connecting electrical systems to power supply;
(g) Replacing and repairing defective parts.

Knowledge

  • Electronics and automation
  • Electricity and energy
  • Motor vehicles, ships and aircraft
  • Mechanics and metal trades
  • Chemistry

Digital competencies

  • Installing wooden and metal components
  • Installing and repairing electrical, electronic and precision equipment
  • Joining parts using soldering, welding or brazing techniques
  • Developing solutions
  • Testing vehicles

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
  • Demonstrating willingness to learn
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Craft and related trades workers

Building and related trades workers (excluding electricians)

Building finishers and related trades workers

Plumbers and pipe fitters

Other occupations of the professional group

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

Plumbers and pipe fitters

506

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

24,84%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

12,69% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

64,43%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

8,30%

Part-time contracts

1,14% Turnover index

804

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

1%

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.

Building and related trades workers (excluding electricians)

98%

2%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Building and related trades workers (excluding electricians)

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

Building finishers and related trades workers

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?

Plumbers and pipe fitters

No experience
11%
Less than 1 year
20%
Between 1 and 2 years
10%
Between 2 and 4 years
30%
Between 4 and 8 years
12%
More than 8 years
17%
Manufacturing
44%
Education
11%
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
11%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
10%
Administrative and support service activities
5%
Others
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.