Cataleg D ocupacions capçalera

Breadcrumb

Catalogue of occupations

Ocupacions

Wood sander

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

Other denominations:
Floor sander Floor sanding machine operator Floor sanding machine specialist Floor sanding machine technician Floor sanding machine worker Hand wood sander Production woodworker Sanding machine operative Sanding machine operator Sanding machine setter Sanding machine specialist Sanding machine technician Sanding machine tender Sanding machine worker Sanding machinist Wood sander Wood sander, hand Wood sanding machine operative Wood sanding machine operator Wood sanding machine setter Wood sanding machine tender Wood sanding machine worker Woodworker/sander

Wood sanders smoothen the surface of a wooden object using various sanding instruments. Each applies an abrasive surface, usually sandpaper, to the workpiece to remove irregularities.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Setting-up, programming, operating and monitoring several types of woodworking machines for sawing, shaping, boring, drilling, planing, pressing, turning, sanding or carving to fabricate or repair wooden parts for furniture, fixtures and other wooden products;
(b) Operating preset special-purpose woodworking machines to fabricate wooden products such as coat hangers, mop handles, clothes pins and other products;
(c) Selecting knives, saws, blades, cutter heads, cams, bits or belts according to work piece, machine functions and product specifications;
(d) Installing and adjusting blades, cutter heads, boring-bits and sanding-belts, and using hand tools and rules;
(e) Setting and adjusting various kinds of woodworking machines for operation by others;
(f) Reading and interpreting specifications or following verbal instructions.

Knowledge

  • Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)
  • Wholesale and retail sales
  • Electronics and automation
  • Textiles (clothes, footwear and leather)
  • Manufacturing and processing not elsewhere classified

Digital competencies

  • Applying protective or decorative solutions or coatings
  • Monitoring quality of products
  • Smoothing surfaces of objects or equipment
  • Working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • Maintaining operational records

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools to control machinery

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Craft and related trades workers

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

Wood treaters, cabinet-makers and related trades workers

Woodworking machine tool setters and operators

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

Woodworking machine tool setters and operators

13

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

6,60%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

333,33% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

84,62%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

7,69%

Part-time contracts

1,08% Turnover index

20

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

18%

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

73%

27%

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

Wood treaters, cabinet-makers 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?

Woodworking machine tool setters and operators

No experience
12%
Less than 1 year
6%
Between 1 and 2 years
16%
Between 2 and 4 years
35%
Between 4 and 8 years
12%
More than 8 years
19%
Construcció
24%
Indústries manufactureres
22%
Activitats professionals, científiques i tècniques
14%
Altres serveis
9%
Activitats administratives i serveis auxiliars
9%
Altres
22%

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.