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Ocupacions

Plasterer

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

Other denominations:
Fibrous plasterer Heritage plasterer Plaster labourer Plaster worker Plasterer Solid plasterer Stucco mason Wall finisher Wall plasterer

Plasterers apply plaster made from gypsum, cement or other solutions to walls as a smooth finish. They mix dry plaster powder with water, then smear the resulting paste onto a wall. The plaster is then smoothed before it hardens and forms a solid coating on the wall.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Applying one or more coats of plaster to interior walls and ceilings of buildings to produce finished surface;
(b) Measuring, marking and installing ornamental plaster panels, and casting and trimming ornamental plaster cornices;
(c) Measuring, marking and cutting plasterboard, lifting and positioning panels and securing them to walls, ceilings and battens;
(d) Covering joins and nail holes with wet plaster and sealing compounds, and smoothing them using wet brushes and sand paper;
(e) Applying protective and decorative covering of cement, plaster and similar materials to exterior building surfaces;
(f) Making and installing decorative plaster fixtures of fibrous plaster;
(g) Applying and finishing acoustic, insulating and fireproofing materials bonded with plaster, plastic cement and similar materials.

Knowledge

  • Fine arts
  • Building and civil engineering

Digital competencies

  • Complying with health and safety procedures
  • Applying protective or decorative solutions or coatings
  • Installing wooden and metal components
  • Estimating resource needs
  • Maintaining operational records

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

  • Taking a proactive approach
  • Collaborating in teams and networks
  • Working efficiently
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Service and sales workers

Sales workers

Street and market salespersons

Stall and market salespersons

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

Stall and market salespersons

86

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

17,20%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

4,13% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

95,14%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

7,24%

Part-time contracts

1,04% Turnover index

117

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.

Sales workers

45%

55%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Sales 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

Street and market salespersons

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?

Stall and market salespersons

No experience
11%
Less than 1 year
11%
Between 1 and 2 years
14%
Between 2 and 4 years
29%
Between 4 and 8 years
5%
More than 8 years
30%
Administrative and support service activities
30%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
21%
Information and communication
20%
Other service activities
12%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
9%
Others
8%

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.