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Ocupacions

Forestry equipment operator

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

Other denominations:
Chainsaw operator Forestry equipment operator Logger Logging equipment operator Lumberjack Mobile sawmill operator Woodcutter Woodland equipment operator Woodman

Forestry equipment operators carry out operations with specialised equipment in the forest to maintain, harvest, extract and forward wood for the manufacturing of consumer goods and industrial products.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Driving and tending tractor-drawn or self-propelled special-purpose farm machinery to plough land and sow, fertilize, cultivate and harvest crops;
(b) Driving and tending tractor-drawn or self-propelled special-purpose forestry machinery to clear land, plant, harvest and carry trees and timber or perform other forestry operations;
(c) Preparing and positioning plant for operation;
(d) Adjusting speed, height and depth of implements;
(e) Operating plant to hold, lift and cut trees;
(f) Operating attachments to lift, swing, release and sort trees and logs, and operating auxiliary plant such as chipping machines and log splitting machines;
(g) Feeding felled trees into processors to strip limbs and cut into logs and loading logs onto stockpiles and into trucks;
(h) Servicing machinery and performing minor repairs.

Knowledge

  • Forestry
  • Environmental sciences
  • Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)
  • Crop and livestock production

Digital competencies

  • Planting, pruning and harvesting trees, crops and other plants
  • Operating agricultural or forestry equipment
  • Monitoring quality of products
  • Reporting incidents and defects
  • Loading and unloading goods and, materials

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools for collaboration and productivity
  • Analysing and evaluating information and data
  • Accessing and analysing digital data

Personal competencies

  • Supporting others
  • Communicating
  • Working efficiently
  • Taking a proactive approach

Professional groups of the occupation

Plant and machine operators, and assemblers

Drivers and mobile plant operators

Mobile plant operators

Mobile farm and forestry 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

Mobile farm and forestry plant operators

13

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

,77%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-21,30% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

23,61%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

11,11%

Part-time contracts

1,23% Turnover index

5

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-32%

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.

Drivers and mobile plant operators

92%

8%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Drivers and mobile plant 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

Mobile 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?

Mobile farm and forestry plant operators

No experience
7%
Less than 1 year
18%
Between 1 and 2 years
29%
Between 2 and 4 years
21%
Between 4 and 8 years
14%
More than 8 years
11%
Construcció
29%
Indústries manufactureres
27%
Educació
13%
Activitats professionals, científiques i tècniques
11%
Informació i comunicacions
9%
Altres
11%

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.