Langreo announces 25 vacancies for operational services worker via competitive examination

The Langreo City Council has approved the specific rules to fill 25 positions for Operational Services Worker through an open competitive examination (concurso-oposición), two of which are reserved for the disability quota. The call was approved by Mayoral Resolution on September 25, 2026, and published in the Official Gazette of the Principality of Asturias (BOPA) no. 194, dated October 7, 2026, under reference 2026-07959. The positions are divided between six career civil servant positions and nineteen permanent labor staff positions.

The rules are framed within the public employment offers of the Langreo City Council for the years 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, and are applied together with the general rules approved by resolution of the delegated councilor for Personnel on June 30, 2022 (BOPA no. 134, dated July 13, 2022). The selection system is an open competitive examination, in accordance with Article 76 and the sixth additional provision of Royal Legislative Decree 5/2015, of October 30, which approves the Basic Statute of the Public Employee.

Distribution of positions by employment offers

• Six career civil servant positions, Group AP, Special Administration scale, Special Services sub-scale, trade personnel class: four from the 2024 OPE and two from the 2026 OPE.
• Nineteen permanent labor staff positions, category of Operational Services Worker, professional Group AP: three from the 2023 OPE, one from the 2024 OPE, twelve from the 2025 OPE, and three from the 2026 OPE.
• Two of the labor positions are reserved for the disability quota of 33 percent or higher; if they remain vacant, they will be added to the ordinary quota.

Requirements, deadline, and examination fee

Applicants must hold a Schooling Certificate or equivalent and a class B driver’s license, required due to the mobility necessitated by the position’s tasks. Applications should preferably be submitted electronically via the platform https://langreo.convoca.online, using an electronic certificate or cl@ve, and exceptionally on paper at the City Council’s SIAC or by certified mail, following a responsible declaration.

• Submission deadline: 20 business days from the day following the publication of the summary announcement in the BOE.
• Examination fees: 15 euros, deposited into account ES47.2103.7395.0500.3002.9253 at Unicaja Banco.
• Payment exemptions: those who are totally unemployed for at least six months and without benefits, and persons with an accredited disability of 33 percent or higher.

Three eliminatory exercises and merits phase

The competitive examination consists of three eliminatory exercises: a spelling correction with arithmetic operations; a 45-question test with four alternative answers to be completed in 45 minutes based on the syllabus in Annex I, which comprises 15 topics; and the resolution of one or several practical cases, with a presentation before the tribunal. The merit phase, which is non-eliminatory and carries a maximum of 8 points, evaluates professional experience (up to 4 points), training and professional development (up to 2.8), and academic qualifications (up to 1.2).

The order of appearance for the candidates will begin with surnames starting with the letter “B”, according to the draw by the State Secretariat for Civil Service on June 29, 2026, published in the BOE on July 3. The selecting tribunal is classified as third category in accordance with Royal Decree 462/2002, of May 24.

The call for applications comes at a time of reinforcement for the municipal workforce and places Langreo among the largest local public employment offers of the year in Asturias. For applicants, it opens a stable access route to positions in street cleaning, waste collection, gardening, and public works, with a specific reservation for people with disabilities and a fee exemption for the long-term unemployed.

Source: Official Gazette of the Principality of Asturias, no. 194 of October 7, 2026, section IV. Local Administration — City Councils, p. 1 (official reference: 2026-07959).