The Collar360

Leather goods hand cutting operator

Other names

die cutter, die-cutting operator, leather die-cutting operator, leather cutter, leather hand cutting operator, leather die cutter, die cutting operator, leather die cutting operator, cutter, die cutter operator, die-cutter operator

Clothing, textiles and leather

They check leather for faults, then mark and cut it by hand into pieces for leather goods.

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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

    Mark or discard items with defects such as spots, stains, scars, snags, chips, scratches, or unacceptable shapes or finishes.

  2. 2

    Cut, shape, and trim materials, such as textiles, food, glass, stone, and metal, using knives, scissors, and other hand tools, portable power tools, or bench-mounted tools.

  3. 3

    Position templates or measure materials to locate specified points of cuts or to obtain maximum yields, using rules, scales, or patterns.

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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
coupeur main articles en cuir/coupeuse main articles en cuir
español
cortador manual de artículos de cuero/cortadora manual de artículos de cuero
العربية
عامل القطع اليدوي للسلع الجلدية / عاملة القطع اليدوي للسلع الجلدية
português
Operador de corte de artigos em couro/Operadora de corte de artigos em couro
Deutsch
Lederzuschneider/Lederzuschneiderin
italiano
tagliatore a mano di articoli di pelletteria/tagliatrice a mano di articoli di pelletteria

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