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Furniture assembler

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

Other denominations:
Furniture assembler Furniture assembly operative Furniture assembly technician Furniture assembly worker Furniture hand assembler Wooden furniture assembler

Furniture assemblers place together all parts of furniture and auxiliary items such as furniture legs and cushions. They may also fit springs or special mechanisms. Furniture assemblers follow instructions or blueprints to assemble the furniture, and use hand tools and power tools.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Assembling component parts and positioning, aligning and fastening units to assemblies, subassemblies or frames using hand or power tools, soldering and micro-welding equipment;
(b) Reviewing work orders, specifications, diagrams and drawings to determine materials needed and assembly instructions;
(c) Recording production and operational data on specified forms;
(d) Inspecting and testing components and completed assemblies;
(e) Rejecting faulty products.

Knowledge

  • Building and civil engineering
  • Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)

Digital competencies

  • Assembling furniture
  • Smoothing surfaces of objects or equipment
  • Positioning materials, tools or equipment
  • Shaping materials to create products
  • Applying protective or decorative solutions or coatings

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
  • Communicating
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Plant and machine operators, and assemblers

Assemblers

Assemblers

Assemblers not elsewhere classified

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

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Assemblers not elsewhere classified

2.437

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

38,54%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

8,21% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

21,30%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

54,21%

Part-time contracts

1,94% Turnover index

482

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-10%

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.

Assemblers

87%

13%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Assemblers

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

Assemblers

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?

Assemblers not elsewhere classified

No experience
15%
Less than 1 year
10%
Between 1 and 2 years
19%
Between 2 and 4 years
36%
Between 4 and 8 years
9%
More than 8 years
11%
Indústries manufactureres
26%
Construcció
19%
Activitats professionals, científiques i tècniques
15%
Comerç a l'engròs i al detall; reparació de vehicles de motor i motocicletes
10%
Informació i comunicacions
6%
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.

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.