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Bomb disposal technician

Other names

minesweeper, bomb disposal expert, armed forces soldier, bomb disposal officer, ordnance technician, sapper, mine disposal technician

Armed forces

They search places for bombs and land mines using special tools or trained animals, then make them safe and take them away.

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    Search areas for land mines and bombs using special tools.

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    Use metal detectors to find hidden bombs.

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    Work with trained animals to help find mines.

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Uganda licensing routes for regulated careers (councils, boards and their Acts)

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Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council, Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council, Law Council and the other bodies named on each licence. Gathered by The Collar360.

Public statutes and regulator pages

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.

Free to use with attribution

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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.

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In other languages

français
démineur/démineuse
español
artificiero de las Fuerzas Armadas/artificiera de las Fuerzas Armadas
العربية
فني إبطال مفعول القنابل
português
Técnico de minas e armadilhas/Técnica de minas e armadilhas
Deutsch
Angehöriger des Kampfmittelräumdienstes/Angehörige des Kampfmittelräumdienstes
italiano
sminatore/sminatrice

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