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Wave soldering machine operator

Other names

wave operator, wave-soldering machine operative, solderer of electronics, operator of wave soldering machine, wave-soldering machine operator, electronics solderer, wave soldering machine operative

Electrical and electronic goods

They set up and run machines that join electronic parts to circuit boards with melted metal, and they check the finished work.

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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

    Read blueprints, work orders, or production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.

  2. 2

    Inspect, measure, or test completed metal workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using measuring and testing devices.

  3. 3

    Record operational information on specified production reports.

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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

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
opérateur de machine de soudure à vague/opératrice de machine de soudure à vague
español
operador de máquina de soldadura por onda/operadora de máquina de soldadura por onda
العربية
مشغل آلة لحام التذبذب / مشغلة آلة لحام التذبذب
português
Operador de máquina de soldadura por onda/Operadora de máquina de soldadura por onda
Deutsch
Maschinenbediener im Bereich Wellenlöten/Maschinenbedienerin im Bereich Wellenlöten
italiano
operatore di saldatrice a onda/operatrice di saldatrice a onda

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