The Collar360

Metal drawing machine operator

Other names

wire drawer, forming machine operative, draw machine operator, metal drawing machine technician, draw machine operative, metal drawing machine operative, wiredrawing setter, wiredrawing machine tender, draw machine technician, wirer drawer machine operator, forming machine technician

Metalwork and welding

They set up and run machines that pull metal through tools to make wires, bars, and pipes, and check the metal for faults.

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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

    Measure and examine extruded products to locate defects and to check for conformance to specifications, adjusting controls as necessary to alter products.

  2. 2

    Determine setup procedures and select machine dies and parts, according to specifications.

  3. 3

    Troubleshoot, maintain, and make minor repairs to equipment.

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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
opérateur de tréfilerie/opératrice de tréfilerie
español
operador de máquina perfiladora de metal/operadora de máquina perfiladora de metal
العربية
مشغل آلة تشكيل المعادن / مشغلة آلة تشكيل المعادن
português
Operador de máquinas de trefilagem/Operadora de máquinas de trefilagem
Deutsch
Metallziehmaschinenbediener/Metallziehmaschinenbedienerin
italiano
conduttore di macchine per la trafila di metalli/conduttrice di macchine per la trafila di metalli

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