The Collar360

Cleaner / janitor

Other names

Official name: Building cleaner

superintendent, janitress, super, janitor, custodian, janitors supervisor, maintenance worker, office cleaner, janitors manager

Cleaning and laundry

They sweep, mop and vacuum floors, empty rubbish, check doors and windows are locked, and tell managers when something is broken.

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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

    Service, clean, or supply restrooms.

  2. 2

    Gather and empty rubbish.

  3. 3

    Clean building floors by sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, or vacuuming.

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Sources

Built from 5 sources · reviewed 2026-10-29

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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The Collar360 Uganda research (occupations, UVQF, Public Service, labour market)

Research for this platform

Compiled by The Collar360 from public Ugandan sources, each cited with its evidence level.

Collar360; each fact keeps its own source

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.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
agent d'entretien d'immeubles/agente d'entretien d'immeubles
español
operario de limpieza de edificios/operaria de limpieza de edificios
العربية
منظف المباني / منظفة المباني
português
Empregado de limpeza de edifícios e espaços comuns/Empregada de limpeza de edifícios e espaços comuns
Deutsch
Gebäudereiniger Innenreinigung/Gebäudereinigerin Innenreinigung
italiano
addetto alle pulizie negli stabili/addetta alle pulizie negli stabili

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