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Ocupacions

Wooden furniture machine operator

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

Other denominations:
Timber furniture machine operative Timber furniture machine setter Timber furniture machine tender Timber furniture machine worker Timber furniture machinist Wood furniture machine operator Wood furniture machine specialist Wood furniture machine technician Wood furniture machine worker Wood furniture machinist Wooden furniture machine operative Wooden furniture machine operator Wooden furniture machine setter Wooden furniture machine specialist Wooden furniture machine technician Wooden furniture machine tender Wooden furniture machine worker Wooden furniture machinist

Wooden furniture machine operators run machines that manufacture wooden furniture parts, according to the established operating procedure. They ensure the machine works smoothly and repair parts if necessary.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Setting-up, programming, operating and monitoring several types of woodworking machines for sawing, shaping, boring, drilling, planing, pressing, turning, sanding or carving to fabricate or repair wooden parts for furniture, fixtures and other wooden products;
(b) Operating preset special-purpose woodworking machines to fabricate wooden products such as coat hangers, mop handles, clothes pins and other products;
(c) Selecting knives, saws, blades, cutter heads, cams, bits or belts according to work piece, machine functions and product specifications;
(d) Installing and adjusting blades, cutter heads, boring-bits and sanding-belts, and using hand tools and rules;
(e) Setting and adjusting various kinds of woodworking machines for operation by others;
(f) Reading and interpreting specifications or following verbal instructions.

Knowledge

  • Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)
  • Mechanics and metal trades
  • Wholesale and retail sales
  • Chemical engineering and processes
  • Building and civil engineering

Digital competencies

  • Positioning materials, tools or equipment
  • Applying protective or decorative solutions or coatings
  • Working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • Selling products or services
  • Complying with health and safety procedures

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools to control machinery

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently

Professional groups of the occupation

Elementary occupations

Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport

Transport and storage labourers

Freight handlers

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

Freight handlers

8

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

3,64%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-11,11% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

87,50%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

25,00%

Part-time contracts

1,14% Turnover index

20

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

3%

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.

Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport

78%

22%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport

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

Transport and storage labourers

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?

Freight handlers

No experience
14%
Less than 1 year
10%
Between 1 and 2 years
15%
Between 2 and 4 years
29%
Between 4 and 8 years
12%
More than 8 years
20%
Other service activities
44%
Transportation and storage
24%
Manufacturing
12%
Administrative and support service activities
5%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
5%
Others
10%

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.