The Collar360

Paper machine operator

Other names

paper making machine operator, paper machine technician, paper making machine specialist, paper-making machine specialist, paper machine specialist, paper maker, paper-making machine operator, paper making machine technician, paper-making machine technician, paper machine hand

Wood, furniture and paper

They watch over a machine that spreads wet pulp on a screen, drains the water, then presses and dries it into paper.

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    Watch the machine that takes in wet pulp.

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    Make sure the pulp spreads out evenly over the screen.

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    Check that the water drains out of the pulp.

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

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Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

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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

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

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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 machines à papier ou carton/conductrice de machines à papier ou carton
español
operador de máquina de papel/operadora de máquina de papel
العربية
مشغل آلة الورق / مشغلة آلة الورق
português
Operador de máquinas de papel/Operadora de máquinas de papel
Deutsch
Papiermaschinenführer/Papiermaschinenführerin
italiano
operatore di macchina in cartiera/operatrice di macchina in cartiera

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