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Ocupacions

Carpet fitter

Latest available data: June 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Carpet fitter Carpet layer Carpetlayer Commercial and industrial carpet fitter Commercial carpet fitter Commercial carpet layer Domestic carpet fitter Domestic carpet layer Industrial and commercial carpet layer Industrial carpet fitter Industrial carpet layer

Carpet fitters lay rolls of carpet as a floor covering. They cut the carpet to size, prepare the surface, and put the carpet in place.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Preparing floor areas for covering with a variety of materials;
(b) Assembling carpet, tiles or other materials and laying them on floors according to design and other specifications;
(c) Preparing wall areas for covering with tiles or other materials for decorative or other purposes such as acoustic insulation;
(d) Setting tiles and constructing and laying mosaic panels to walls, floors and other surfaces.

Knowledge

  • Fine arts
  • Textiles (clothes, footwear and leather)

Digital competencies

  • Installing floor and wall coverings
  • Complying with health and safety procedures
  • Maintaining operational records
  • Interpreting technical documentation and diagrams
  • Monitoring quality of products

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

  • Supporting others
  • Working efficiently
  • Collaborating in teams and networks
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Craft and related trades workers

Handicraft and printing workers

Handicraft workers

Handicraft workers in textile, leather and related materials

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Handicraft workers in textile, leather and related materials

67

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

41,88%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

21,82% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

80,60%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

25,37%

Part-time contracts

1,08% Turnover index

309

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-7%

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.

Handicraft and printing workers

66%

34%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Handicraft and printing 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

Handicraft workers

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?

Handicraft workers in textile, leather and related materials

No experience
15%
Less than 1 year
7%
Between 1 and 2 years
4%
Between 2 and 4 years
44%
Between 4 and 8 years
19%
More than 8 years
11%
Education
30%
Manufacturing
30%
Administrative and support service activities
13%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
11%
Other service activities
3%
Others
13%

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.