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Road maintenance worker

Other names

highways operative, highway maintenance worker, road maintenance operative, road maintenance team member

Civil engineering, roads and bridges

They check roads, fill holes and cracks, put out signs to guide traffic, and clear dirt from drains.

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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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    Set out signs and cones around work areas to divert traffic.

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    Flag motorists to warn them of obstacles or repair work ahead.

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    Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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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.

Free to use with attribution

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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.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
agent d'entretien de la voirie/agente d'entretien de la voirie
español
trabajador de mantenimiento de carreteras/trabajadora de mantenimiento de carreteras
العربية
عامل صيانة الطرق / عاملة صيانة الطرق
português
Operário da manutenção rodoviária/Operária da manutenção rodoviária
Deutsch
Straßenunterhaltungsarbeiter/Straßenunterhaltungsarbeiterin
italiano
addetto alla manutenzione stradale/addetta alla manutenzione stradale

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