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Underground heavy equipment operator

Other names

underground miner (heavy equipment), miners, coalface miner, mine machine operator, underground miner equipment operator, underground miner operator, heavy equipment operators

Miners and quarry work

Underground heavy equipment operators control heavy-duty mining equipment such as cutting and loading equipment to excavate and load ore and raw mineral at underground mines.

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    Control heavy mining machines.

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    Run cutting machines to dig out ore underground.

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    Run loading machines to load ore and raw minerals.

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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

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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
opérateur d’équipement lourd souterrain/opératrice d’équipement lourd souterrain
español
operador de equipo pesado subterráneo/operadora de equipo pesado subterráneo
العربية
مشغل المعدات الثقيلة تحت الأرض / مشغلة المعدات الثقيلة تحت الأرض
português
Operador de equipamento pesado no subsolo/Operadora de equipamento pesado no subsolo
Deutsch
Berg- und Maschinenmann/Berg- und Maschinenfrau
italiano
operatore di mezzi pesanti per miniera sotterranea/operatrice di mezzi pesanti per miniera sotterranea

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