The Collar360

Microfinance loan officer / SACCO manager

Other names

Official name: Loan officer

loans adviser, loans controller, loan processor, commercial lender, loans consultant, loans agent, credit officer

Banking, finance and investment

Loan officers assess and authorise the approval of loan applications for individuals and businesses.

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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

    Meet with applicants to obtain information for loan applications and to answer questions about the process.

  2. 2

    Analyse applicants' financial status, credit, and property evaluations to determine feasibility of granting loans.

  3. 3

    Approve loans within specified limits, and refer loan applications outside those limits to management for approval.

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Sources

Built from 6 sources · reviewed 2026-10-29

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

Open the source

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

Open the source

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

Open the source

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

Open the source

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
agent de prêts/agente de prêts
español
empleado bancario especializado en concesión de préstamos/empleada bancaria especializada en concesión de préstamos
العربية
مسؤول القروض / مسؤولة القروض
português
Gestor de financiamento/Gestora de financiamento
Deutsch
Kreditsachbearbeiter/Kreditsachbearbeiterin
italiano
consulente prestiti

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