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Construction equipment technician

Latest available data: June 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Building construction equipment maintenance inspector Building construction equipment mechanic Building construction equipment operator Building construction equipment servicer Building equipment inspector Building equipment mechanic Building equipment operator Building equipment servicer Construction equipment technician Heavy equipment inspector Heavy equipment mechanic

Construction equipment technicians inspect, maintain and repair heavy-duty vehicles used in construction, forestry and earthworks such as bulldozers, excavators and harvesters. They perform evaluations of the equipment, and ensure the safety and optimal efficiency of the machinery.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Fitting, installing, examining, servicing and repairing engines, machinery and mechanical equipment;
(b) Oiling and greasing stationary engines and machinery;
(c) Inspecting and testing new machinery and mechanical equipment for conformity with standards and specifications;
(d) Disassembling machinery and equipment to remove parts and make repairs;
(e) Examining parts for defects such as breakage and excessive wear;
(f) Operating newly repaired machinery and equipment to verify the adequacy of repairs;
(g) Recording repairs and maintenance performed.

Knowledge

  • Mechanics and metal trades
  • Electronics and automation
  • Building and civil engineering
  • Physics
  • Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)

Digital competencies

  • Installing wooden and metal components
  • Maintaining mechanical machinery
  • Joining parts using soldering, welding or brazing techniques
  • Developing solutions
  • Maintaining electrical, electronic and precision equipment

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

  • Supporting others
  • Dealing with problems
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Technicians and associate professionals

Business and administration associate professionals

Business services agents

Business services agents not elsewhere classified

Other occupations of the professional group

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

Business services agents not elsewhere classified

366

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

10,66%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

10,07% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

70,78%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

8,09%

Part-time contracts

1,07% Turnover index

211

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-3%

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.

Business and administration associate professionals

61%

39%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Business and administration associate professionals

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

Business services agents

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?

Business services agents not elsewhere classified

No experience
9%
Less than 1 year
16%
Between 1 and 2 years
11%
Between 2 and 4 years
40%
Between 4 and 8 years
7%
More than 8 years
17%
Administrative and support service activities
21%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
20%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
19%
Information and communication
10%
Other service activities
8%
Others
22%

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.