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Forest worker

Other names

woodland assistant, silviculture worker, woodland worker, forestry worker

Forestry and trees

They look after forests by planting, trimming and cutting trees, protecting them from pests, disease and fire, and checking their equipment.

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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.

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    Check equipment to ensure that it is operating properly.

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    Fight forest fires or perform prescribed burning tasks under the direction of fire suppression officers or forestry technicians.

  3. 3

    Perform fire protection or suppression duties, such as constructing fire breaks or disposing of brush.

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Sources

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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.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
ouvrier forestier/ouvrière forestière
español
operario forestal/operaria forestal
العربية
عامل الغابات / عاملة الغابات
português
Trabalhador florestal/Trabalhadora florestal
Deutsch
Waldarbeiter/Waldarbeiterin
italiano
operatore forestale/operatrice forestale

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