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Chilling operator

Other names

prepared meals operator

Food factories and processing

They run machines that chill, seal and freeze prepared food, watch the gauges, write down results, fix jams and weigh ingredients.

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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

    Record temperatures, amounts of materials processed, or test results on report forms.

  2. 2

    Monitor pressure gauges, ammeters, flowmeters, thermometers, or products, and adjust controls to maintain specified conditions, such as feed rate, product consistency, temperature, air pressure, and machine speed.

  3. 3

    Read dials and gauges on panel control boards to ascertain temperatures, alkalinities, and densities of mixtures, and turn valves to obtain specified mixtures.

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Sources

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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.

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In other languages

français
opérateur congélation en industrie agroalimentaire/opératrice congélation en industrie agroalimentaire
español
operador de refrigeración de alimentos/operadora de refrigeración de alimentos
العربية
مشغل التبريد / مشغلة التبريد
português
Operador de refrigeração de alimentos/Operadora de refrigeração de alimentos
Deutsch
Tiefkühlkosthersteller/Tiefkühlkostherstellerin
italiano
alimentarista

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