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Tractor operator / tractor hire

Other names

Official name: Land-based machinery operator

land-based machinery operators, landbased machinery operator, farm equipment operator, forest tractor driver, agricultural machinery operator, agricultural equipment operator, tractor driver, forestry tractor driver, combined driver

Farm machines and processing

They drive and look after farm machines like tractors, spray plants, load crops, and listen for machine problems.

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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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    Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer augers.

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    Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery.

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    Spray fertiliser or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers.

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Sources

Built from 5 sources · reviewed 2026-10-29

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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The Collar360 Uganda research (occupations, UVQF, Public Service, labour market)

Research for this platform

Compiled by The Collar360 from public Ugandan sources, each cited with its evidence level.

Collar360; each fact keeps its own source

ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

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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
conducteur d'engins agricoles/conductrice d'engins agricoles
español
operador de maquinaria agrícola/operadora de maquinaria agrícola
العربية
مشغل آلات الأراضي / مشغلة آلات الأراضي
português
Operador de máquinas agrícolas/Operadora de máquinas agrícolas
Deutsch
Maschinenbediener für die landwirtschaftliche Produktion/Maschinenbedienerin für die landwirtschaftliche Produktion
italiano
operatore di macchinari di terra/operatrice di macchinari di terra

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