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Pill maker operator

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

Other denominations:
Piling machine operative Piling machine operator Piling machine tender Pill maker Pill production operative Pill production operator Pill production process worker Pill production worker Pillmaker operator Tablet making machine operative Tablet making machine operator Tablet making machine tender Tablet production operative Tablet production operator Tablet production process worker Tablet production worker

Pill maker operators tend the pilling machine that create pills in various sizes and shapes. They also fill the machine with necessary materials, open valves to control the flow of the materials, and regulate the temperature of the machine.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Setting up, starting, controlling, adjusting and stopping machines and plant;
(b) Monitoring reaction processes and transfers of products in conformity with safety procedures;
(c) Monitoring meters, gauges and electronic instrumentation on one or more chemical or formulation units, such as mixers, kettles, blenders, dryers, tabletting, encapsulation, granulation and coating machines;
(d) Measuring, weighing and loading chemical ingredients following formulation cards;
(e) Making samples and performing routine chemical and physical tests of products and recording production data;
(f) Cleaning and performing minor repairs to machines and plant.

Knowledge

  • Pharmacy
  • Law
  • Occupational health and safety

Digital competencies

  • Monitoring quality of products
  • Complying with health and safety procedures
  • Working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • Providing medical advice
  • Storing goods and materials

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

Professional groups of the occupation

Technicians and associate professionals

Health associate professionals

Other health associate professionals

Ambulance workers

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

Ambulance workers

421

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

6,78%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

37,29% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

38,82%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

5,02%

Part-time contracts

1,20% Turnover index

143

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.

Health associate professionals

68%

32%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Health 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

Other health 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?

Ambulance workers

No experience
8%
Less than 1 year
17%
Between 1 and 2 years
20%
Between 2 and 4 years
33%
Between 4 and 8 years
6%
More than 8 years
16%
Manufacturing
45%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
15%
Administrative and support service activities
8%
Construction
8%
Education
6%
Others
18%

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.

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.