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Drainage engineer

Other names

drainage engineering specialist, water and drainage engineer, water resources engineer, drainage engineering adviser, drainage engineering consultant, irrigation engineer, flood risk engineer, drainage technology engineer, drainage technology engineering expert, drainage engineering expert, storm water drain engineer, drainage technology engineering adviser

Civil engineering, roads and bridges

They design and build drains and sewers that carry away rain and waste water, stop floods, and follow laws and environmental rules.

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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

    Provide technical direction or supervision to junior engineers, engineering or computer-aided design (CAD) technicians, or other technical personnel.

  2. 2

    Review and critique proposals, plans, or designs related to water or wastewater treatment systems.

  3. 3

    Design domestic or industrial water or wastewater treatment plants, including advanced facilities with sequencing batch reactors (SBR), membranes, lift stations, headworks, surge overflow basins, ultraviolet disinfection systems, aerobic digesters, sludge lagoons, or control buildings.

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

Official record

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

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
ingénieur réseaux d’évacuation/ingénieure réseaux d’évacuation
español
ingeniero especialista en drenaje e hidráulica/ingeniera especialista en drenaje e hidráulica
العربية
مهندس الصرف الصحي / مهندسة الصرف الصحي
português
Engenheiro civil especialista em hidráulica e recursos hídricos/Engenheira civil especialista em hidráulica e recursos hídricos
Deutsch
Bewässerungs- und Drainageingenieur/Bewässerungs- und Drainageingenieurin
italiano
ingegnere progettista di sistemi di drenaggio

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