The Collar360

Planer thicknesser operator

Other names

thickness specialist, thicknesser technician, jointer technician, planer thicknesser technician, thickness technician, thickness operator, jointer specialist, thicknesser specialist, planer thicknesser worker, planer thicknesser specialist, planer operator, thicknesser operator

Wood, furniture and paper

They use a machine to shave wooden planks to the same thickness, feeding each plank in carefully and checking the finished wood.

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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

    Set up, program, operate, or tend computerised or manual woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, or wood-nailing machines.

  2. 2

    Examine finished workpieces for smoothness, shape, angle, depth-of-cut, or conformity to specifications and verify dimensions, visually and using hands, rules, calipers, templates, or gauges.

  3. 3

    Start machines, adjust controls, and make trial cuts to ensure that machinery is operating properly.

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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
corroyeur en industrie du bois/corroyeuse en industrie du bois
español
operador de máquina de cepillar y regruesar madera/operadora de máquina de cepillar y regruesar madera
العربية
مشغل تسوية السمك / مشغلة تسوية السمك
português
Aplainador de madeira/Aplainadora de madeira
Deutsch
Hobelmaschinenführer/Hobelmaschinenführerin
italiano
addetto alla pialla a spessore/addetta alla pialla a spessore

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