The Collar360

Recycling worker

Other names

household waste reclamation worker, waste recycling site worker, waste reclamation worker, vehicle dismantler, recycling site operative, recycling operative, reclamation worker, recycling site worker, car dissasembler, vehicle breaker, household waste recycling site operative, commercial waste reclamation worker

Waste and recycling

They clean and sort waste like metal, glass, wood, paper and plastic into the right containers, and take old vehicles apart.

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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

    Sort materials, such as metals, glass, wood, paper or plastics, into appropriate containers for recycling.

  2. 2

    Clean recycling yard by sweeping, raking, picking up broken glass and loose paper debris, or moving barrels and bins.

  3. 3

    Operate forklifts, pallet jacks, power lifts, or front-end loaders to load bales, bundles, or other heavy items onto trucks for shipping to smelters or other recycled materials processing facilities.

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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
recycleur/recycleuse
español
operario de reciclado/operaria de reciclado
العربية
عامل إعادة التدوير / عاملة إعادة التدوير
português
Trabalhador da reciclagem de resíduos/Trabalhadora da reciclagem de resíduos
Deutsch
Recyclingarbeiter/Recyclingarbeiterin
italiano
addetto al riciclo dei materiali e dei rifiuti/addetta al riciclo dei materiali e dei rifiuti

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