Cataleg D ocupacions capçalera

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Catalogue of occupations

Ocupacions

Postman/postwoman

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

Other denominations:
Bicycle messenger Bike courier Bike messenger Courier Delivery man Delivery woman Driver messenger In house courier In house messenger Mail carrier Mailman Mailwoman Motorcycle messenger Postal carrier Postal service worker Postman Postman/postwoman Postwoman Urban bike messenger

Postmen/postwomen deliver mails and parcel posts to residences and businesses. They perform mail delivery and collect signatures from the recipients. They perform other duties in connection with mail services from post offices or related organisations.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Performing mail-handling duties in public post offices or privately owned delivery establishments;
(b) Sorting and delivering mail to private houses and businesses;
(c) Providing delivery confirmation records when requested by the client;
(d) Sorting and keeping simple records of incoming and outgoing correspondence and dispatching outgoing mail in various establishments;

Knowledge

  • Database and network design and administration
  • Law
  • Earth sciences

Digital competencies

  • Planning events and programmes
  • Developing professional relationships or networks
  • Communicating with colleagues and clients
  • Complying with operational procedures
  • Performing general clerical and administrative tasks

Digital competencies

  • Managing, gathering and storing digital data

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Following ethical code of conduct
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Clerical support workers

Other clerical support workers

Other clerical support workers

Mail carriers and sorting clerks

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

Mail carriers and sorting clerks

6.479

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

69,34%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

77,60% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

,80%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

21,92%

Part-time contracts

3,01% Turnover index

669

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-5%

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.

Other clerical support workers

41%

59%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Other clerical support 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

Other clerical support workers

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?

Mail carriers and sorting clerks

No experience
13%
Less than 1 year
16%
Between 1 and 2 years
12%
Between 2 and 4 years
32%
Between 4 and 8 years
5%
More than 8 years
22%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
18%
Administrative and support service activities
17%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
12%
Information and communication
9%
Education
9%
Others
35%

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.