The Collar360

Hospital porter

Other names

porter, general porter, hospital stretcher bearer, hospital portering staff member, hospital stretcher carrier, stretcher carrier, hospital portering service provider, general hospital porter, stretcher bearer, hospital portering

Care work

They move patients around the hospital on stretchers and wheelchairs, and they carry items and clean hospital 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.

  1. 1

    Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers.

  2. 2

    Transport patients to treatment units, testing units, operating rooms, or other areas, using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds.

  3. 3

    Disinfect or sterilise equipment or supplies, using germicides or sterilising equipment.

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Sources

Built from 4 sources

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
brancardier/brancardière
español
celador sanitario/celadora sanitaria
العربية
حمال مستشفى / حمالة مستشفى
português
Maqueiro/Maqueira
Deutsch
Krankenträger/Krankenträgerin
italiano
ausiliario sanitario portantino/ausiliaria sanitaria portantina

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