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Insulation worker

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

Other denominations:
Cavity insulation installer Energy saving materials installer Insulation installation worker Insulation worker Insulator Lagger Loft insulation installer

Insulation workers install a variety of insulation materials to shield a structure or materials from heat, cold, and noise from the environment.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Cutting insulation material by size and shape;
(b) Applying slabs and sheets of insulating or sound-absorbing materials to walls, floors and ceilings of buildings;
(c) Blowing and packing insulating or sound-absorbing materials into cavities between walls, floors and ceilings of buildings with power-driven machines;
(d) Examining plans, specifications and work sites to determine the type, quality and quantity of insulation material required;
(e) Applying insulating materials to exposed surfaces of equipment such as boilers, pipes and tanks;
(f) Insulating refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment.

Knowledge

  • Electricity and energy
  • Building and civil engineering
  • Environmental protection technology
  • Architecture and town planning

Digital competencies

  • Applying protective or decorative solutions or coatings
  • Using precision measuring equipment
  • Installing insulation materials
  • Complying with health and safety procedures
  • Maintaining operational records

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
  • Supporting others
  • Collaborating in teams and networks
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Plant and machine operators, and assemblers

Stationary plant and machine operators

Other stationary plant and machine operators

Glass and ceramics plant operators

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

Glass and ceramics plant operators

51

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

14,45%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-23,88% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

94,12%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

3,92%

Part-time contracts

1,09% Turnover index

63

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-7%

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.

Stationary plant and machine operators

68%

32%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Stationary plant and machine operators

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 stationary plant and machine operators

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?

Glass and ceramics plant operators

No experience
6%
Less than 1 year
6%
Between 1 and 2 years
20%
Between 2 and 4 years
30%
Between 4 and 8 years
2%
More than 8 years
36%
Manufacturing
66%
Education
14%
Administrative and support service activities
7%
Construction
5%
Information and communication
5%
Others
3%

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.