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Wooden furniture machine operator
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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
Craft and related trades workers
Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers
Wood treaters, cabinet-makers and related trades workers
Woodworking machine tool setters and 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
Woodworking machine tool setters and operators
13
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
6,60%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
333,33% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
84,62%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
7,69%
Part-time contracts
1,08% Turnover index
20
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
18%
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.
Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers
73%
27%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers
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 treaters, cabinet-makers and related trades workers
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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?
Woodworking machine tool setters and operators
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.
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