The Collar360

Man-made fiber spinner

Other names

extruding and forming machine setter, filament yarn manufacturer, staple fiber manufacturer, operator for synthetic and glass fiber, synthetic filament spinner, man made fiber spinner, filament yarn or staple fiber producer, manufacturer of fiber or filament out of granule

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Man-made fibre spinners perform fibre or filament processing operations.

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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

    Set up, operate, or tend machines that extrude and form filaments from synthetic materials such as rayon, fibreglass, or liquid polymers.

  2. 2

    Press buttons to stop machines when processes are complete or when malfunctions are detected.

  3. 3

    Notify other workers of defects, and direct them to adjust extruding and forming machines.

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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
ouvrier de filature artificielle et synthétique/ouvrière de filature artificielle et synthétique
español
hilador de fibra textil sintética/hiladora de fibra textil sintética
العربية
عامل لف الألياف الاصطناعية / عاملة لف الألياف الاصطناعية
português
Operador de máquinas fabrico de fibras têxteis sintéticas/Operadora de máquinas fabrico de fibras têxteis sintéticas
Deutsch
Kunstfaserspinner/Kunstfaserspinnerin
italiano
filatore di fibre artificiali e sintetiche/filatrice di fibre artificiali e sintetiche

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