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Chipper operator
Chipper Chipper machine operator Chipper machine specialist Chipper machine technician Chipper operator Chipper specialist Chipper technician Wood chipper Wood chipper operator Wood chipper specialist Wood chipper technician
Chipper operators tend machines that chip wood into small pieces for use in particle board, for further processing into pulp, or for use in its own right. Wood is fed into the chipper and shredded or crushed using a variety of mechanisms.
Tasks
Tasks include -
(a) Examining logs and rough lumber to determine size, condition, quality and other characteristics to decide best lumber cuts to carry out, or operating automated equipment to convey logs through laser scanners which determine the most productive and profitable cutting patterns;
(b) Operating and monitoring log in-feed and conveyor systems;
(c) Operating and monitoring head saws, resaws and multiblade saws to saw logs, cants, flitches, slabs or wings and remove rough edges from sawn timber into dressed lumber of various sizes, and saw or split shingles and shakes;
(d) Operating and monitoring plywood core-laying machines and hot-plate plywood presses and machines which cut veneer;
(e) Cleaning and lubricating sawmill equipment.
Knowledge
- Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)
- Wholesale and retail sales
- Mechanics and metal trades
Digital competencies
- Installing wooden and metal components
- Operating wood processing and papermaking machinery
- Monitoring quality of products
- Working with machinery and specialised equipment
- Maintaining operational records
Digital competencies
- Using digital tools to control machinery
Personal competencies
- Working efficiently
- Communicating
Professional groups of the occupation
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers
Stationary plant and machine operators
Wood processing and papermaking plant operators
Wood processing plant operators
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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
Wood processing plant operators
19
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
7,01%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
58,33% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
73,68%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
15,79%
Part-time contracts
1,27% Turnover index
9
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
0%
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.
Stationary plant and machine operators
68%
32%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Stationary plant and machine operators
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 processing and papermaking plant operators
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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?
Wood processing plant 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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