The Collar360

Signwriter / signage maker

Other names

Official name: Sign maker

traffic sign maker, road sign maker, signboard writer, advertising sign maker, road sign maintenance worker, sign installer, signwriter, sign maintenance worker, signboard maker, sign writer

Visual arts and crafts

They design and make signs from different materials, put them up where needed, and fix them when they are damaged.

TrainingSome trainingAn international estimate (O*NET, United States)LicenceSign in to seeWheresign workshops, print shopsPaySign in to see
Compare

The work

The work

Written by our team from the career's description, checked against its sources and approved before it was shown.

  1. 1

    Design signs for shops, roads and businesses.

  2. 2

    Paint shop signs, banners and billboards by hand.

  3. 3

    Letter words and pictures on vehicles.

See the whole career with a free account

Pay in Uganda, how to start, the jobs, where it can lead and every skill it needs.

Create a free accountLog in

Stories from the work

Share your story

No stories yet. Do you do this work? Share yours.

Sources

Built from 5 sources · reviewed 2026-10-29

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

Open the source

The Collar360 Uganda research (occupations, UVQF, Public Service, labour market)

Research for this platform

Compiled by The Collar360 from public Ugandan sources, each cited with its evidence level.

Collar360; each fact keeps its own source

ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

Open the source

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

Open the source

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

Open the source

In other languages

français
fabricant de signalétique/fabricante de signalétique
español
fabricante de insignias y señales
العربية
صانع اللافتات / صانعة اللافتات
português
Fabricante de tabuletas e sinalética
Deutsch
Schilderhersteller/Schilderherstellerin
italiano
fabbricante di insegne

Report something wrong