The Collar360

Tunnel boring machine operator

Other names

tunneller, tunnelling equipment operator, TBM operator, tunnelling machine operator, tunnelling equipment operative

Civil engineering, roads and bridges

They run a big tunnel digging machine, adjust its spinning cutter, and use remote controls to put concrete rings in the tunnel.

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  1. 1

    Work on large tunnelling machines.

  2. 2

    Control how the machine runs.

  3. 3

    Adjust the turning of the cutting wheel.

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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

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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
conducteur de tunnelier/conductrice de tunnelier
español
operador de tuneladora/operadora de tuneladora
العربية
مشغل آلة ثقب الأنفاق / مشغلة آلة ثقب الأنفاق
português
Operador de tuneladora/Operadora de tuneladora
Deutsch
Tunnelbaumaschinenführer/Tunnelbaumaschinenführerin
italiano
operatore per lo scavo di gallerie/operatrice per lo scavo di gallerie

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