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Decontamination worker

Latest available data: March 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

Craft and related trades workers

Building and related trades workers (excluding electricians)

Painters, building structure cleaners and related trades workers

Building structure cleaners

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

Building structure cleaners

104

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

34,32%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-26,76% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

45,19%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

66,35%

Part-time contracts

1,08% 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.

Building and related trades workers (excluding electricians)

96%

4%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Building and related trades workers (excluding electricians)

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

Painters, building structure cleaners and related trades 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?

Building structure cleaners

No experience
8%
Less than 1 year
14%
Between 1 and 2 years
7%
Between 2 and 4 years
33%
Between 4 and 8 years
21%
More than 8 years
17%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
37%
Construction
27%
Manufacturing
10%
Transportation and storage
5%
Administrative and support service activities
5%
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.