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Blacksmith

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

Other denominations:
Artisan blacksmith Blacksmith Craft blacksmith Forge worker Forgeworker Foundry moulding operator Foundry patternmaker technician Heritage blacksmith Horseshoe maker Ornamental blacksmith Patternmaking operator Patternmaking technician Sheet metal apprentice Sheet metal operative Sheet metal technician Smith

Blacksmiths heat metal, usually steel, in a forge and shape it with a hammer, chisel, and an anvil. Contemporarily, they predominantly create artisanal metal products, including ornamental work, as well as horse shoes, one of the sole metal fabricating processes that has not been industrialised.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Heating metal in forge furnace and manufacturing and repairing articles by drawing, bending, cutting, hammering metal on an anvil, punching, shearing, joining and hardening or tempering;
(b) Shaping heated metal into forgings on power hammer equipped with open dies;
(c) Operating closed-die drop hammer to forge metal articles;
(d) Operating a power-press machine equipped with closed dies to forge metal articles;
(e) Drawing wire;
(f) Reading work orders or blueprints to determine specified tolerances and sequences of operations for machine setup;
(g) Measuring and inspecting machine parts to ensure conformance to product specifications.

Knowledge

  • Mechanics and metal trades
  • Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)
  • Building and civil engineering
  • Handicrafts

Digital competencies

  • Joining parts using soldering, welding or brazing techniques
  • Planning events and programmes
  • Positioning materials, tools or equipment
  • Shaping materials to create products
  • Using precision measuring equipment

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
  • Taking a proactive approach

Professional groups of the occupation

Craft and related trades workers

Metal, machinery and related trades workers

Blacksmiths, toolmakers and related trades workers

Blacksmiths, hammersmiths and forging press 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

Blacksmiths, hammersmiths and forging press workers

20

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

7,07%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

122,22% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

55,00%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

10,00%

Part-time contracts

1,25% Turnover index

37

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-22%

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.

Metal, machinery and related trades workers

94%

6%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Metal, machinery 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

Blacksmiths, toolmakers 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?

Blacksmiths, hammersmiths and forging press workers

No experience
7%
Less than 1 year
13%
Between 1 and 2 years
13%
Between 2 and 4 years
33%
Between 4 and 8 years
10%
More than 8 years
24%
Manufacturing
19%
Education
19%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
16%
Administrative and support service activities
8%
Information and communication
7%
Others
31%

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.