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Decontamination worker

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

Other denominations:
Decontamination worker Environmental decontamination technician Environmental decontamination worker Environmental remediation worker Hazardous material decontamination worker Radio-active decontamination worker Soil decontamination worker

Decontamination workers remove and dispose of hazardous materials, such as radioactive materials or contaminated soil. They handle hazardous materials in compliance with safety regulations, investigate causes of contamination, and remove the contamination from the structure or site.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Cleaning exterior surfaces of stone, brick, metal or similar materials by means of chemicals, or a jet of steam or sand applied under high pressure;
(b) Removing soot from flues, chimneys and connecting pipes;
(c) Removing asbestos, mould and fire-damaged surfaces from buildings.

Knowledge

  • Community sanitation
  • Physics
  • Environmental protection technology
  • Medical diagnostic and treatment technology
  • Occupational health and safety

Digital competencies

  • Handling and disposing of hazardous materials
  • Complying with health and safety procedures
  • Cleaning
  • Maintaining and enforcing physical security
  • Advising on environmental issues

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

  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Plant and machine operators, and assemblers

Stationary plant and machine operators

Wood processing and papermaking plant operators

Pulp and papermaking 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

Pulp and papermaking plant operators

88

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

30,88%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-45,68% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

45,45%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

46,59%

Part-time contracts

1,07% Turnover index

38

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.

Stationary plant and machine operators

66%

34%

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?

Pulp and papermaking plant operators

No experience
6%
Less than 1 year
18%
Between 1 and 2 years
8%
Between 2 and 4 years
32%
Between 4 and 8 years
19%
More than 8 years
17%
Manufacturing
30%
Transportation and storage
20%
Administrative and support service activities
18%
Construction
6%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
5%
Others
21%

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.