The Collar360

Manufacturing cost estimator

Other names

manufacturing cost analyst, manufacturing estimate clerk, production cost estimator, estimator, manufacturing cost recovery technician

Management, strategy and consulting

They collect facts to work out how much money, materials, work, and time it takes to make things, and they report on costs.

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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

    Analyse blueprints and other documentation to prepare time, cost, materials, and labour estimates.

  2. 2

    Confer with engineers, architects, owners, contractors, and subcontractors on changes and adjustments to cost estimates.

  3. 3

    Collect historical cost data to estimate costs for current or future products.

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Sources

Built from 4 sources

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.

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
évaluateur de coût de fabrication
español
analista de costes de fabricación
العربية
مقدر تكلفة التصنيع / مقدرة تكلفة التصنيع
português
Analista de custos de produção
Deutsch
Herstellungskostenplaner/Herstellungskostenplanerin
italiano
analista dei costi di produzione

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