Occupation Atlasrefuse vehicle driver
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2480f8b0-4c02-4c66-84ad-2677c1548e03
refuse vehicle driver
Refuse vehicle drivers drive the large vehicles used for refuse collection. They drive the vehicles from the homes and facilities where the refuse is collected by the refuse collectors on the lorry and transport the waste to the waste treatment and disposal facilities.
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic7.00
- C Conventional4.53
- I Investigative1.83
- E Enterprising1.36
- S Social1.29
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors (53-7081.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (12)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adhere to transportation work schedule
- drive vehicles
- drive waste collection vehicle
- maintain waste collection records
- manage waste rock
- manoeuvre heavy trucks
- park vehicles in depot
- types of waste collection vehicles
- use personal protection equipment
- waste and scrap products
- waste management
- waste transport legislation
Optional (16)
- assess waste type
- collect domestic waste
- collect industrial waste
- dispose of hazardous waste
- dispose of non-hazardous waste
- drive in urban areas
- drive vehicles in processions
- empty community waste collection bins
- establish waste collection routes
- hazardous materials transportation
- hazardous waste storage
- maintain refuse collection equipment
- maintain septic tanks
- operate GPS systems
- read maps
- road transport legislation
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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