The Collar360

Metal product quality control inspector

Other names

mechanical supervisor, metal quality superintendent, metal fabricating supervisor, melter supervisor, metal production overseer, testing specialist for weapons and ammunition, metal testing technician, metal nondestructive testing technician, metal fabrication supervisor, metal quality control superintendent, metal grading technician

Metalwork and welding

They check metal products with tools to see if they are good enough, reject bad ones, and report problems.

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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.

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    Discard or reject products, materials, or equipment not meeting specifications.

  2. 2

    Mark items with details, such as grade or acceptance-rejection status.

  3. 3

    Measure dimensions of products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments, such as rulers, calipers, gauges, or micrometers.

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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
contrôleur qualité de produits métalliques/contrôleuse qualité de produits métalliques
español
inspector de control de calidad de productos metálicos/inspectora de control de calidad de productos metálicos
العربية
مفتش مراقبة جودة المنتجات المعدنية / مفتشة مراقبة جودة المنتجات المعدنية
português
Inspetor de controlo de qualidade de produtos metálicos/Inspetora de controlo de qualidade de produtos metálicos
Deutsch
Qualitätsprüfer - Metallprodukte/Qualitätsprüferin - Metallprodukte
italiano
ispettore controllo qualità prodotti di metallo/ispettrice controllo qualità prodotti di metallo

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