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Wood caulker

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

Other denominations:
Wood caulker Wooden boat caulker Wooden hull caulker Wooden ship caulker

Wood caulkers drive oakum into the seams between planking in deck or hull of wooden ships to make them watertight. They mainly use hand tools to heat marine glue and force it into the seams. They can also hammer hemp ropes and cotton lines into the seams and smear hot pitch over them.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Conveying goods, material, equipment and other items to work areas, and removing finished pieces;
(b) Loading and unloading vehicles, trucks and trolleys;
(c) Clearing machine blockages, cleaning machinery, equipment and tools;
(d) Carrying out manual sorting of products or components.

Knowledge

  • Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)

Digital competencies

  • Applying material to fill gaps in surfaces
  • Complying with health and safety procedures
  • Cleaning tools, equipment, workpieces and vehicles
  • Preparing industrial materials for processing or use
  • Handling and disposing of hazardous materials

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

Professional groups of the occupation

Elementary occupations

Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport

Manufacturing labourers

Manufacturing labourers not elsewhere classified

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

Manufacturing labourers not elsewhere classified

25.494

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

9,34%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-29,94% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

25,21%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

15,70%

Part-time contracts

1,94% Turnover index

11.053

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.

Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport

79%

21%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport

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

Manufacturing labourers

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?

Manufacturing labourers not elsewhere classified

No experience
3%
Less than 1 year
14%
Between 1 and 2 years
8%
Between 2 and 4 years
36%
Between 4 and 8 years
3%
More than 8 years
36%
Manufacturing
26%
Administrative and support service activities
23%
Information and communication
8%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
8%
Other service activities
8%
Others
27%

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.

Occupations that share knowledge and skills

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.