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Product quality controller

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

Other denominations:
Assembly inspector Assembly line inspector Manufacturing process quality controller Manufacturing product quality controller Product compliance inspector Product inspector Product quality control inspector Product quality controller Product quality inspector Production controller Production inspector Production quality controller Quality control inspector

Product quality controllers check the quality of manufactured products. They work in manufacturing facilities where they perform basic inspection and evaluation of products before, during or after the production process. They track production problems and send inferior or malfunctioning items back for repair.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Inspecting and testing products, parts and materials for conformity with specifications and standards;
(b) Grading and classifying natural textile fibres for spinning and winding;
(c) Discarding or rejecting products, materials and equipment not meeting specifications;
(d) Analysing and interpreting blueprints, data, manuals, and other materials to determine specifications, inspection and testing procedures;
(e) Notifying supervisors and other personnel of production problems, and assisting in identifying and correcting these problems;
(f) Recording inspection or test data, such as weights, temperatures, grades or moisture content, and quantities inspected or graded;
(g) Marking items with details such as grade and acceptance or rejection status;
(h) Measuring dimensions of products using instruments such as rulers, callipers, gauges, or micrometers;
(i) Analysing test data and making computations as necessary to determine test results.

Knowledge

  • Wholesale and retail sales
  • Electronics and automation
  • Work skills

Digital competencies

  • Developing operational policies and procedures
  • Complying with operational procedures
  • Monitoring operational activities
  • Developing solutions
  • Analysing business operations

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
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts
  • Collaborating in teams and networks
  • Communicating
  • Dealing with problems

Professional groups of the occupation

Craft and related trades workers

Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers

Other craft and related workers

Product graders and testers (except foods and beverages)

Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Product graders and testers (except foods and beverages)

6

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

7,41%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-87,76% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

83,33%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

33,33%

Part-time contracts

1,00% Turnover index

53

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-6%

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.

Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers

73%

27%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft 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

Other craft and related 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?

Product graders and testers (except foods and beverages)

No experience
7%
Less than 1 year
29%
Between 1 and 2 years
18%
Between 2 and 4 years
25%
Between 4 and 8 years
5%
More than 8 years
16%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
34%
Manufacturing
23%
Administrative and support service activities
12%
Information and communication
8%
Education
7%
Others
16%

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.