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Vocational / technical instructor (BTVET)

Other names

Official name: Vocational teacher

vocational college lecturer, vocational instructor, vocational university tutor, vocational educator, vocational college teacher, vocational tutor, vocational teaching assistant, career and technology teacher, technical institute teacher, vocational education teacher, technological institute teacher

They teach students the skills for a hands-on trade, watch them use tools, help each one, and test what they learn.

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    Teach students the skills of a practical trade.

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    Explain the ideas behind the practical skills.

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    Help students build good attitudes and values.

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Pay in Uganda, how to start, the school subjects, the A-level combination and points, the jobs, where it can lead and every skill it needs.

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Built from 6 sources · reviewed 2026-10-29

Uganda programmes: NCHE accredited programmes and the health, vocational and teacher training bodies

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National Council for Higher Education, UHPAB, UVTAB, the TVET Council, UNMC, AHPC, UNITE and others. Gathered by The Collar360.

Public registers

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

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

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

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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

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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.

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In other languages

français
professeur d’enseignement professionnel/professeure d’enseignement professionnel
español
profesor de formación profesional/profesora de formación profesional
العربية
مدرس مهني / مدرسة مهنية
português
Professor do ensino profissional/Professora do ensino profissional
Deutsch
Lehrkraft im Bereich Berufsbildung
italiano
docente nella formazione professionale

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