The Collar360

Fibre machine tender

Other names

forming machine setter, fibre machine operator, glass fibre machine operator, extruding and forming machine setter, staple fibre machine tender, fiber extruding machine operator, fiber machine operative, extruding machine setter, fibre machine operative, staple fiber machine tender

Building materials and glass

They run machines that make thin threads from materials like glass or liquid plastic, watch for faults, load materials and fix machine settings.

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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

    Set up, operate, or tend machines that extrude and form filaments from synthetic materials such as rayon, fibreglass, or liquid polymers.

  2. 2

    Press buttons to stop machines when processes are complete or when malfunctions are detected.

  3. 3

    Notify other workers of defects, and direct them to adjust extruding and forming machines.

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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
conducteur de ligne d’extrusion de fibres synthétiques/conductrice de ligne d’extrusion de fibres synthétiques
español
operador de máquinas para fabricar fibra de vidrio/operadora de máquinas para fabricar fibra de vidrio
العربية
راعي آلة الألياف / راعية آلة الألياف
português
Operador de máquinas de fibras/Operadora de máquinas de fibras
Deutsch
Kunstfaserstreckmaschinenbediener/Kunstfaserstreckmaschinenbedienerin
italiano
addetto all’estrusore/addetta all’estrusore

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