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Engineered wood board machine operator

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

Other denominations:
Engineered wood board gluing operator Engineered wood board gluing specialist Engineered wood board gluing technician Engineered wood board machine operator Engineered wood board machine specialist Engineered wood board machine technician Engineered wood board machine worker Engineered wood board machinist Engineered wood machine operator Engineered wood machine specialist Engineered wood machine technician Engineered wood press operator Engineered wood press specialist Engineered wood press technician Fibre board machine operator Fibre board machine specialist Fibre board machine technician Fibreboard machine operator Fibreboard machine specialist Fibreboard machine technician Particle board machine operator Particle board machine specialist Particle board machine technician Particleboard machine operator Particleboard machine specialist Particleboard machine technician

Engineered wood board machine operators work with machines to bond particles or fibres made from wood or cork. Various industrial glues or resins are applied to obtain fibre board, particle board or cork board.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Examining logs and rough lumber to determine size, condition, quality and other characteristics to decide best lumber cuts to carry out, or operating automated equipment to convey logs through laser scanners which determine the most productive and profitable cutting patterns;
(b) Operating and monitoring log in-feed and conveyor systems;
(c) Operating and monitoring head saws, resaws and multiblade saws to saw logs, cants, flitches, slabs or wings and remove rough edges from sawn timber into dressed lumber of various sizes, and saw or split shingles and shakes;
(d) Operating and monitoring plywood core-laying machines and hot-plate plywood presses and machines which cut veneer;
(e) Cleaning and lubricating sawmill equipment.

Knowledge

  • Wholesale and retail sales
  • Chemistry
  • Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)

Digital competencies

  • Operating wood processing and papermaking machinery
  • Maintaining operational records
  • Installing wooden and metal components
  • Working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • Maintaining mechanical machinery

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools to control machinery

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Communicating
  • Supporting others

Professional groups of the occupation

Plant and machine operators, and assemblers

Stationary plant and machine operators

Wood processing and papermaking plant operators

Wood processing plant operators

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

Wood processing plant operators

19

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

7,01%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

58,33% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

73,68%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

15,79%

Part-time contracts

1,27% Turnover index

9

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

0%

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

Wood processing and papermaking plant 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?

Wood processing plant operators

No experience
8%
Less than 1 year
21%
Between 1 and 2 years
21%
Between 2 and 4 years
41%
Between 4 and 8 years
4%
More than 8 years
5%
Manufacturing
33%
Construction
17%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
15%
Education
8%
Transportation and storage
8%
Others
19%

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.