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Aircraft cargo operations coordinator

Other names

air freight coordinator, co-ordinator of aircraft cargo operations, aircraft cargo operations and ramp services coordinator, air cargo traffic officer, aircraft cargo operations and ramp services co-ordinator, supervisor of aircraft cargo operations, coordinator of aircraft cargo operations, air cargo operations supervisor, air freight operations officer

Aviation and airports

They plan how cargo and bags are loaded onto planes, work out the weight, and tell ground crews what to do.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Determine the quantity and orientation of cargo, and compute an aircraft's centre of gravity.

  2. 2

    Direct ground crews in the loading, unloading, securing, or staging of aircraft cargo or baggage.

  3. 3

    Train new employees in areas such as safety procedures or equipment operation.

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Sources

Built from 4 sources

Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
chef avion
español
coordinador logístico de carga aérea/coordinadora logística de carga aérea
العربية
منسق عمليات شحنات الطائرات / منسقة عمليات شحنات الطائرات
português
Coordenador de operações de carga aérea/Coordenadora de operações de carga aérea
Deutsch
Luftfrachtkoordinator/Luftfrachtkoordinatorin
italiano
responsabile operazioni di carico e scarico degli aeromobili

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