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Ocupacions

Mover

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

Other denominations:
Company mover Corporate mover Furniture mover Industrial mover Mover Relocation mover Removal driver and porter Removal man Removal porter Removal woman

Movers are responsible for the physical handling of goods and belongings to be relocated or transported from one place to the other. They disassemble goods, machinery or belongings for transporting and assemble or install them in the new location. they ensure that objects are well protected and packed, secured and placed correctly in trucks and transports.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Packing office or household furniture, machines, appliances and related goods to be transported from one place to another;
(b) Carrying goods to be loaded on or unloaded from vans, trucks, wagons, ships or aircraft;
(c) Loading and unloading grain, coal, sand, baggage and other items by placing them on conveyor belts, pipes and other conveyances;
(d) Connecting hoses between main shore installation pipes and tanks of barges, tankers and other ships to load and unload petroleum, liquefied gases and other liquids;
(e) Carrying and stacking goods in warehouses and similar establishments;
(f) Sorting cargo prior to loading and unloading.

Knowledge

  • Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)
  • Transport services
  • Electricity and energy
  • Mechanics and metal trades
  • Law

Digital competencies

  • Loading and unloading goods and, materials
  • Operating lifting or moving equipment
  • Cleaning interior and exterior of buildings
  • Developing professional relationships or networks
  • Cleaning

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
  • Taking a proactive approach
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Elementary occupations

Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport

Transport and storage labourers

Freight handlers

Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Freight handlers

13.610

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

21,23%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-7,68% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

36,14%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

44,15%

Part-time contracts

1,46% Turnover index

9.086

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-2%

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.

Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport

79%

21%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport

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

Transport and storage labourers

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?

Freight handlers

No experience
11%
Less than 1 year
10%
Between 1 and 2 years
15%
Between 2 and 4 years
42%
Between 4 and 8 years
5%
More than 8 years
17%
Other service activities
43%
Transportation and storage
22%
Manufacturing
14%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
7%
Administrative and support service activities
5%
Others
9%

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.