The Collar360

Excavator operator

Other names

tracked excavator operator, excavation worker, excavator, 360 degree excavator operator, backhoe excavator operator

Heavy machines and cranes

They drive big digging machines to dig holes and trenches, break old buildings, and move earth away.

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  1. 1

    Drive an excavator to dig into the earth.

  2. 2

    Remove earth and other materials from the ground.

  3. 3

    Dig holes for building work.

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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.

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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
conducteur d’excavatrice/conductrice d’excavatrice
español
operador de excavadora/operadora de excavadora
العربية
مشغل الحفار/ مشغلة الحفار
português
Operador de escavadora/Operadora de escavadora
Deutsch
Baggerführer/Baggerführerin
italiano
operatore di macchine escavatrici/operatrice di macchine escavatrici

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