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Electricity distribution technician

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

Other denominations:
Electric powerline technician Electric powerline worker Electricity distribution worker Electricity power line worker Electricity transmission worker Lineman Linesman Lineswoman Linewoman Lineworker Power lines construction worker Powerline worker

Electricity distribution technicians construct and maintain electric power transmission and distribution systems. They maintain and repair powerlines, compliant with safety regulations.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Installing and repairing overhead and underground electrical power and electrical traction lines;
(b) Making joints in overhead and underground cables;
(c) Adhering to safety practices and procedures, such as checking equipment regularly and erecting barriers around work areas;
(d) Opening switches or attaching grounding devices to remove electrical hazards from disturbed or fallen lines or to facilitate repairs;
(e) Climbing poles or using truck-mounted buckets to access equipment;
(f) Identifying defective sectionalizing devices, circuit breakers, fuses, voltage regulators, transformers, switches, relays or wiring, using wiring diagrams and electrical-testing instruments.

Knowledge

  • Electricity and energy

Digital competencies

  • Complying with health and safety procedures
  • Installing wooden and metal components
  • Installing and repairing electrical, electronic and precision equipment
  • Maintaining electrical, electronic and precision equipment
  • Monitoring operational activities

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
  • Supporting others
  • Leading others
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Craft and related trades workers

Electrical and electronics trades workers

Electrical equipment installers and repairers

Electrical line installers and repairers

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

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Electrical line installers and repairers

310

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

26,23%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-1,27% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

82,90%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

15,48%

Part-time contracts

1,07% Turnover index

66

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

19%

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.

Electrical and electronics trades workers

98%

2%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Electrical and electronics trades workers

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

Electrical equipment installers and repairers

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?

Electrical line installers and repairers

No experience
11%
Less than 1 year
13%
Between 1 and 2 years
11%
Between 2 and 4 years
32%
Between 4 and 8 years
6%
More than 8 years
27%
Manufacturing
23%
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
18%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
16%
Education
12%
Construction
10%
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.