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Gas service technician

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

Other denominations:
Gas distribution controller Gas distribution inspector Gas distribution supervisor Gas distributor Gas equipment service technician Gas inspector Gas installer Gas plant dispatcher Gas plant engineer Gas plant inspector Gas producer Gas service controller Gas service operative Gas service operator Gas service supervisor Gas service technician Gas supply engineer Gas supply technician Gas system operative Gas system operator Gas technician Gas test technician Gas treater

Gas service technicians install and maintain gas service appliances and systems in facilities or buildings. They install the equipment in accordance with regulations, repair faults, and investigate leaks and other problems. They test the equipment and advise on the use and care of appliances and systems which use gas energy.

Tasks

Tasks include -–
(a) Examining blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine the layout of plumbing and ventilation systems and materials required;
(b) Measuring, cutting, threading, bending, jointing, assembling, installing, maintaining and repairing pipes, fittings and fixtures of drainage, heating, ventilation, water supply and sewerage systems;
(c) Installing gas appliances, dishwashers and water heaters, sinks and toilets using hand and power tools;
(d) Laying clay, concrete or cast-iron pipes in ditches to form sewers, drains or water mains, or for other purposes;
(e) Inspecting, examining and testing installed systems and pipes, using pressure gauge, hydrostatic testing, observation or other methods.

Knowledge

  • Electricity and energy
  • Mining and extraction
  • Building and civil engineering

Digital competencies

  • Joining parts using soldering, welding or brazing techniques
  • Developing solutions
  • Installing wooden and metal components
  • Installing heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment
  • Interpreting technical documentation and diagrams

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Craft and related trades workers

Building and related trades workers (excluding electricians)

Building finishers and related trades workers

Plumbers and pipe fitters

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

Plumbers and pipe fitters

297

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

21,17%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-4,21% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

82,74%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

9,21%

Part-time contracts

1,13% Turnover index

191

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-2%

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.

Building and related trades workers (excluding electricians)

96%

4%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Building and related trades workers (excluding electricians)

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

Building finishers and related trades 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?

Plumbers and pipe fitters

No experience
7%
Less than 1 year
22%
Between 1 and 2 years
12%
Between 2 and 4 years
35%
Between 4 and 8 years
10%
More than 8 years
14%
Manufacturing
28%
Administrative and support service activities
18%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
17%
Construction
10%
Education
7%
Others
20%

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.