The Collar360

Laundry worker

Other names

laundry and dry cleaning operator, laundry and dry cleaning assistant, dry cleaning worker, clothes washer, dry cleaner, laundry and dry cleaning worke, laundry and dry cleaning supervisor

Cleaning and laundry

They sort dirty clothes and cloth items, load them into washing machines, run the machines, then fold or hang the clean items.

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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

    Operate extractors and driers, or direct their operation.

  2. 2

    Remove items from washers or dry-cleaning machines, or direct other workers to do so.

  3. 3

    Load articles into washers or dry-cleaning machines, or direct other workers to perform loading.

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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
blanchisseur industriel/blanchisseuse industrielle
español
operario de lavandería/operaria de lavandería
العربية
عامل المغسلة / عاملة المغسلة
português
Operador de máquinas de lavar/Operadora de máquinas de lavar
Deutsch
Maschinenwäscher/Maschinenwäscherin
italiano
operatore di lavanderia/operatrice di lavanderia

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