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Pultrusion machine operator

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

Other denominations:
Pultruded fibreglass maker Pultruded fibreglass product maker Pultruded fibreglass product worker Pultruded fibreglass worker Pultrusion machine operative Pultrusion machine worker Pultrusion operator Pultrusion process operative Pultrusion process operator Pultrusion process worker Reinforced fibreglass maker Thermoplastic process worker

Pultrusion machine operators tend, control, and maintain machines which enable the production of composite materials with consistent cross-sections by adding reinforcement fibres such as fibreglass to the existing material and coating the resulting material with resin; this then is pulled through a heated dye where it becomes cured.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Operating and monitoring machines which knead and blend compounds to obtain plastic materials;
(b) Operating and monitoring machines which shape plastic materials by moulding, extrusion, blowing, cutting and other means;
(c) Operating and monitoring machines which laminate plastics and plastic-impregnated materials or produce fibreglass;
(d) Encasing uncoated wire, cord, cable and optic fibre in plastic;
(e) Examining outputs for defects and conformity to specifications;
(f) Recycling waste plastic materials;
(g) Making artificial eyes and contact lens discs, making and repairing spectacle frames and plastic parts of orthopaedic appliances.

Knowledge

  • Wholesale and retail sales
  • Chemistry
  • Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)
  • Chemical engineering and processes
  • Textiles (clothes, footwear and leather)

Digital competencies

  • Monitoring quality of products
  • Installing wooden and metal components
  • Working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • Maintaining operational records
  • Reporting incidents and defects

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools to control machinery

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Technicians and associate professionals

Business and administration associate professionals

Financial and mathematical associate professionals

Securities and finance dealers and brokers

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

Securities and finance dealers and brokers

113

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

6,00%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-30,25% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

28,32%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

7,08%

Part-time contracts

1,30% Turnover index

298

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-5%

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.

Business and administration associate professionals

67%

33%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Business and administration associate 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

Financial and mathematical associate 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?

Securities and finance dealers and brokers

No experience
11%
Less than 1 year
8%
Between 1 and 2 years
16%
Between 2 and 4 years
43%
Between 4 and 8 years
5%
More than 8 years
17%
Activitats administratives i serveis auxiliars
33%
Activitats professionals, científiques i tècniques
17%
Activitats financeres i d'assegurances
11%
Comerç a l'engròs i al detall; reparació de vehicles de motor i motocicletes
8%
Subministrament d'energia elèctrica, gas, vapor i aire condicionat
7%
Altres
24%

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.