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Wood fuel pelletiser
Wood fuel pelletiser Wood pellet machine operator Wood pellet machine specialist Wood pellet machine technician Wood pellet machine worker Wood pelletiser Wood pelletiser operator Wood pelletiser specialist Wood pelletiser technician Wood pelletiser worker
Wood fuel pelletisers operate a hammer mill to turn wood waste products into pellets for use as fuel. The milled product is afterward pressed through a die, producing the standardised shape and size of a pellet.
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
- Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)
- Wholesale and retail sales
Digital competencies
- Maintaining operational records
- Installing wooden and metal components
- Working with machinery and specialised equipment
- Monitoring quality of products
- Maintaining mechanical machinery
Digital competencies
- Using digital tools to control machinery
Personal competencies
- Working efficiently
- Communicating
- Supporting others
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
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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
Wood processing plant operators
12
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
4,62%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
-36,84% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
83,33%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
25,00%
Part-time contracts
1,09% Turnover index
9
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
4%
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%
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
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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
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
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Job vacancies posted by county
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
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