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Ocupacions

Steam plant operator

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

Other denominations:
Steam boiler operator Steam heating operator Steam jet refrigeration operator Steam plant maintenance operator Steam plant maintenance worker Steam plant operative Steam plant safety operator Steam plant technician Steam plant worker Steam power heating plant operator Steam power plant maintenance operator Steam power plant operator Steam refrigeration operator

Steam plant operators operate and maintain mechanical equipment such as stationary engines and boilers to provide utilities for domestic or industrial use. They monitor proceedings to ensure compliance with safety regulations, and perform tests to ensure quality.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Operating, cleaning, lubricating and monitoring steam engines, boilers and auxiliary equipment such as pumps, compressors and air-conditioning equipment to supply and maintain steam and power for buildings, marine vessels or pneumatic tools;
(b) Analysing and recording instrument readings, troubleshooting and performing minor repairs to prevent equipment or system failure;
(c) Monitoring and inspecting performance of equipment for efficient operation and ensuring boiler water, chemical, and fuel are maintained at required levels;
(d) Firing coal furnaces by hand or with stokers and gas- or oil-fed boilers, using automatic gas feeds or oil pumps;
(e) Testing boiler water quality or arrange for testing, adjusting and taking necessary corrective action, such as adding chemicals to prevent corrosion and harmful deposits;
(f) Monitoring ship’s engine, machinery and equipment indicators, recording variables and reporting abnormalities to ship’s engineer officer on watch;
(g) Operating and maintaining off-loading liquid pumps and valves.

Knowledge

  • Electricity and energy
  • Mechanics and metal trades
  • Building and civil engineering
  • Physics
  • Electronics and automation

Digital competencies

  • Monitoring quality of products
  • Installing wooden and metal components
  • Operating energy production or distribution equipment
  • Working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • Maintaining operational records

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

  • Collaborating in teams and networks

Professional groups of the occupation

Professionals

Business and administration professionals

Sales, marketing and public relations professionals

Public relations professionals

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

Public relations professionals

20

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

24,10%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

81,82% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

55,00%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

5,00%

Part-time contracts

1,18% Turnover index

5

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

27%

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.

Business and administration professionals

45%

55%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Business and administration professionals

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

Sales, marketing and public relations professionals

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?

Public relations professionals

No experience
8%
Less than 1 year
6%
Between 1 and 2 years
21%
Between 2 and 4 years
39%
Between 4 and 8 years
8%
More than 8 years
18%
Information and communication
32%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
28%
Administrative and support service activities
14%
Other service activities
5%
Manufacturing
5%
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.