The Collar360

Metal furnace operator

Other names

plant manager, foundry plant manager, foundry operations manager, foundry production manager, blast furnace operator, steel furnace operator, smelter, smelting furnace operator, metal operations manager, smelter operator

Metalwork and welding

They run furnaces that melt metal, control the heat and fuel, add materials, take samples, and keep records.

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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

    Regulate supplies of fuel and air, or control flow of electric current and water coolant to heat furnaces and adjust temperatures.

  2. 2

    Draw smelted metal samples from furnaces or kettles for analysis, and calculate types and amounts of materials needed to ensure that materials meet specifications.

  3. 3

    Weigh materials to be charged into furnaces, using scales.

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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.

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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
conducteur de fours de la métallurgie/conductrice de fours de la métallurgie
español
operador de hornos de fusión de metales/operadora de hornos de fusión de metales
العربية
مشغل فرن معدني / مشغلة فرن معدني
português
Operador de forno de minério/Operadora de forno de minério
Deutsch
Schmelzofensteuerer/Schmelzofensteuerin
italiano
conduttore di forni metallurgici/conduttrice di forni metallurgici

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