The Collar360

Sprinkler fitter

Other names

fire safety system fitter, fire protection system fitter, sprinkler technician, sprinkler installer, fire sprinkler fitter, fire protection system installer, sprinkler system fitter, fire safety system installer

Plumbing, heating and cooling

They put in pipes that spray water to fight fires, join the pipes together, and test them for leaks.

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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

    Assemble pipe sections, tubing, or fittings, using couplings, clamps, screws, bolts, cement, plastic solvent, caulking, or soldering, brazing, or welding equipment.

  2. 2

    Locate and mark the position of pipe installations, connections, passage holes, or fixtures in structures, using measuring instruments such as rulers or levels.

  3. 3

    Cut, thread, or hammer pipes to specifications, using tools such as saws, cutting torches, pipe threaders, or pipe benders.

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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
installateur de systèmes d’extinction automatique à eau/installatrice de systèmes d’extinction automatique à eau
español
instalador de sistemas contra incendios por aspersión/instaladora de sistemas contra incendios por aspersión
العربية
عامل تركيب الرشاشات / عاملة تركيب الرشاشات
português
Instalador de detetores de incêndio/Instaladora de detetores de incêndio
Deutsch
Sprinklermonteur/Sprinklermonteurin
italiano
installatore sistemi automatici a sprinkler/installatrice sistemi automatici a sprinkler

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