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Truck / long-distance haulage driver

Other names

Official name: Cargo vehicle driver

van driver, HGV driver, delivery driver, trucker, teamster, truckie, courier delivery driver, heavy goods vehicle driver, truck driver, lorry driver, package delivery driver

Driving and riding

Cargo vehicle drivers operate vehicles such as trucks and vans.

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    Drive trucks and vans carrying goods.

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    Load goods onto the vehicle.

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    Unload goods when you arrive.

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Sources

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

Official record

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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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
conducteur de poids lourd/conductrice de poids lourd
español
conductor de vehículo de carga/conductora de vehículo de carga
العربية
سائق مركبة الشحن / سائقة مركبة الشحن
português
Motorista de veículos de transporte de mercadorias
Deutsch
Lastkraftwagenfahrer/Lastkraftwagenfahrerin
italiano
conducente di autocarri

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