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Book-sewing machine operator
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Book-sewing machine operators tend a machine that stitches paper together to form a volume. They check that signatures are inserted the right way and the machine does not jam.
Tasks
Tasks include -
(a) Setting up and supervising the operation of automatic binding and finishing equipment;
(b) Binding full, half and limp-bound books, and repairing bindings;
(c) Folding, collating and sewing signatures by machine and hand;
(d) Operating paper guillotines for pre-press and post-press paper cutting and trimming, and programming electronically operated units;
(e) Operating systems to insert printed material into newspapers, magazines and envelopes;
(f) Embellishing printed products automatically and manually;
(g) Operating photographic and electronic reproduction devices.
Knowledge
- Marketing and advertising
- Wholesale and retail sales
- Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)
Digital competencies
- Working with machinery and specialised equipment
- Maintaining operational records
- Operating machinery for the manufacture of products
- Positioning materials, tools or equipment
- Complying with health and safety procedures
Digital competencies
- Using digital tools to control machinery
Personal competencies
- Working efficiently
- Communicating
Professional groups of the occupation
Craft and related trades workers
Handicraft and printing workers
Printing trades workers
Print finishing and binding workers
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
Print finishing and binding workers
44
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
13,66%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
-25,42% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
38,64%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
36,36%
Part-time contracts
1,07% Turnover index
110
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
-8%
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.
Handicraft and printing workers
67%
33%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Handicraft and printing 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
Printing 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?
Print finishing and binding workers
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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