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Immigration / revenue officer

Other names

Official name: Customs officer

border guard, customs & excise officer, governmental customs agent, detection officer, customs inspector, customs and excise duty officer, customs control agent, customs control officer

Tax, customs and immigration

They check papers and bags at borders to stop illegal goods and make sure the right taxes are paid.

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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

    Locate and seize contraband, undeclared merchandise, and vehicles, aircraft, or boats that contain such merchandise.

  2. 2

    Interpret and explain laws and regulations to travellers, prospective immigrants, shippers, and manufacturers.

  3. 3

    Institute civil and criminal prosecutions and cooperate with other law enforcement agencies in the investigation and prosecution of those in violation of immigration or customs laws.

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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 de constatation des douanes et droits indirects/agente de constatation des douanes et droits indirects
español
inspector de aduanas/inspectora de aduanas
العربية
مسؤول الجمارك / مسؤولة الجمارك
português
Agente aduaneiro/Agente aduaneira
Deutsch
Zollbeamter/Zollbeamtin
italiano
funzionario doganale/funzionaria doganale

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