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Wood treater

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

Other denominations:
Wood treater Wood treating machine operator Wood treating machine specialist Wood treating machine technician Wood treating machine worker Wood treatment operative Wood treatment operator Wood treatment specialist Wood treatment technician Wood treatment worker

Wood treaters apply treatments to wood to make it resistant to environmental factors like mould, cold, moisture, or staining. Treatments may also contribute to the colour of the wood. Wood treaters may use chemicals, heat, gasses, uv light, or a combination of these to treat wood.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Operating and tending kilns, treating tanks and other equipment to dry lumber, prepare and season wood and other wood products, and to impregnate wood products with preservatives;
(b) Monitoring equipment operation, gauges, and panel lights in order to detect deviations from standards and to ensure that processes are operating according to specifications;
(c) Operating valves to admit treating solution into treatment vessels, maintain specified heat, vacuum and hydraulic pressure and level of solution during each phase of treatment cycle;
(d) Activating vacuum and hydraulic pressure pumps that remove air and steam from retort and force treating solution into pores of wood to accelerate treatment process;
(e) Assisting in maintaining processing equipment and machines as required;
(f) Cleaning, lubricating and adjusting equipment;
(g) Transporting materials and products to and from work areas, manually or using carts, handtrucks, or hoists;
(h) Completing and maintaining production reports.

Knowledge

  • Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)
  • Chemical engineering and processes

Digital competencies

  • Working in teams
  • Maintaining operational records
  • Operating lifting or moving equipment
  • Monitoring quality of products
  • Complying with health and safety procedures

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools to control machinery

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Communicating
  • Collaborating in teams and networks

Professional groups of the occupation

Professionals

Teaching professionals

Other teaching professionals

Teaching professionals 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

Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified

92

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

11,79%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

91,67% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

81,52%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

10,87%

Part-time contracts

1,03% Turnover index

10

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.

Teaching professionals

38%

62%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Teaching 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

Other teaching professionals

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?

Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified

No experience
43%
Less than 1 year
14%
Between 1 and 2 years
29%
Between 2 and 4 years
0%
Between 4 and 8 years
0%
More than 8 years
14%
Education
29%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
18%
Administrative and support service activities
12%
Information and communication
10%
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
8%
Others
23%

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.