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Ocupacions

Building construction worker

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

Other denominations:
Building construction labourer Building construction worker Building site labourer Building site worker Civil construction worker Construction labourer Construction site labourer Construction site worker Construction worker Electrical construction worker Installation and commissioning construction worker Mechanical construction worker

Building construction workers prepare and maintain building construction activities on construction sites. They perform preparation and clean-up work in order to assist specialised construction workers.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Cleaning used building bricks and doing other simple work on demolition sites;
(b) Mixing, pouring and spreading materials such as concrete, plaster and mortar;
(c) Digging and filling holes and trenches using hand held tools;
(d) Spreading sand, soil, gravel and similar materials;
(e) Loading and unloading construction materials, excavated material and equipment and transporting them around construction sites using wheelbarrows, hods and hand trucks;
(f) Cleaning work sites and removing obstructions.

Knowledge

  • Architecture and town planning
  • Building and civil engineering

Digital competencies

  • Installing and assembling building fixtures
  • Monitoring quality of products
  • Operating earthmoving equipment
  • Smoothing surfaces of objects or equipment
  • Complying with health and safety procedures

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

  • Collaborating in teams and networks

Professional groups of the occupation

Craft and related trades workers

Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers

Food processing and related trades workers

Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers

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

Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers

11.802

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

39,29%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

4,74% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

90,97%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

7,78%

Part-time contracts

1,33% Turnover index

4.234

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-8%

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.

Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers

66%

34%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related 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

Food processing and related trades 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?

Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers

No experience
7%
Less than 1 year
11%
Between 1 and 2 years
31%
Between 2 and 4 years
20%
Between 4 and 8 years
11%
More than 8 years
20%
Manufacturing
28%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
28%
Administrative and support service activities
15%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
8%
Accommodation and food service activities
7%
Others
14%

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.