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Metal rolling mill operator

Other names

powder mill operator, rolling mill control operator, steel mill operative, metal rolling mill operative, stopper grinder, hammer mill operative, steel rolling mill technician, hammer mill operator, hammer mill technician, grinder mill operator, grinder mill operative, metal rolling mill technician

Metalwork and welding

Metal rolling mill operators set up and tend metal rolling mills designed to form metal workpieces into their desired shape by passing them through one or several pairs of rolls in order to decrease the metal's thickness and to make it homogeneous.

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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

    Monitor machine cycles and mill operation to detect jamming and to ensure that products conform to specifications.

  2. 2

    Adjust and correct machine set-ups to reduce thicknesses, reshape products, and eliminate product defects.

  3. 3

    Start operation of rolling and milling machines to flatten, temper, form, and reduce sheet metal sections and to produce steel strips.

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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 laminoir/opératrice de laminoir
español
operador de laminación de metales/operadora de laminación de metales
العربية
مشغل الدرفلة المعدنية / مشغلة الدرفلة المعدنية
português
Operador de laminação de metal/Operadora de laminação de metal
Deutsch
Metallwalzer/Metallwalzerin
italiano
operatore addetto al laminatoio/operatrice addetta al laminatoio

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