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Laminating machine operator

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

Other denominations:
Coating machine specialist Coter Laminater Laminating assistant Laminating machine operator Laminating machine specialist Laminating machine technician Laminator operator Laminator specialist Laminator technician Paper making laminate coating machine operator Papermaking laminate coating machine technician

Laminating machine operators tend a machine that applies a plastic layer to paper to strenghten it and protect it from wetness and stains.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Operating and monitoring screening and bleaching equipment, digesters, mixing tanks, washers and other pulp processing machinery and equipment to carry out one or more cellulose processing steps;
(b) Operating and monitoring papermaking and finishing process machinery and equipment to dry, calender, laminate, coat, slit, trim, wind or carry out other papermaking and finishing process steps;
(c) Controlling start-up and shut-down of machinery and equipment, and observing equipment and machinery panel indicators, gauges, and other equipment to detect machinery and equipment malfunctions and ensure process steps are carried out according to specifications;
(d) Communicating with process control operators to make process adjustments and start up or shut down machinery and equipment as required;
(e) Analysing instrument readings and production test samples and making adjustments to production process and equipment as required;
(f) Mounting, positioning and threading paper rolls using a hoist;
(g) Inspecting paper visually for wrinkles, holes, discoloration, streaks or other defects and taking corrective action;
(h) Completing and maintaining production reports.

Knowledge

  • Audio-visual techniques and media production
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Wholesale and retail sales
  • Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)

Digital competencies

  • Maintaining operational records
  • Working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • Operating print and photographic production equipment
  • Following instructions and procedures
  • Installing wooden and metal components

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools to control machinery

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Communicating
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Craft and related trades workers

Metal, machinery and related trades workers

Machinery mechanics and repairers

Agricultural and industrial machinery mechanics and repairers

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

Agricultural and industrial machinery mechanics and repairers

2

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

,95%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-71,43% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

100,00%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

50,00%

Part-time contracts

1,00% Turnover index

29

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

10%

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.

Metal, machinery and related trades workers

94%

6%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Metal, machinery 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

Machinery mechanics and repairers

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?

Agricultural and industrial machinery mechanics and repairers

No experience
7%
Less than 1 year
8%
Between 1 and 2 years
37%
Between 2 and 4 years
31%
Between 4 and 8 years
4%
More than 8 years
13%
Indústries manufactureres
38%
Activitats professionals, científiques i tècniques
13%
Activitats administratives i serveis auxiliars
12%
Informació i comunicacions
7%
Transport i emmagatzematge
6%
Altres
24%

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.