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Customs and excise officer

Other names

clearing agent, customs clearance agent, export documentation officer, customs broker, customs agent

Tax, customs and immigration

They decide if goods may cross the border, work out the tax on them, and make sure it is paid.

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  1. 1

    Approve or deny the passage of goods through customs.

  2. 2

    Check that goods follow the rules for consignments.

  3. 3

    Help traders and government officials talk to each other.

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Uganda programmes: NCHE accredited programmes and the health, vocational and teacher training bodies

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National Council for Higher Education, UHPAB, UVTAB, the TVET Council, UNMC, AHPC, UNITE and others. Gathered by The Collar360.

Public registers

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

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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

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

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O*NET 31.0 Database

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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
préposé des douanes/préposée des douanes
español
agente y comisionista de aduanas
العربية
مسؤول الجمارك والضرائب / مسؤولة الجمارك والضرائب
português
Despachante aduaneiro/Despachante aduaneira
Deutsch
Zolldeklarant/Zolldeklarantin
italiano
commissario di dogana/commissaria di dogana

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