Occupation Atlasrefuse collector
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e54683ca-1fc9-468d-b880-6544ff6b7d0b
refuse collector
Refuse collectors remove waste from homes and other facilities and put it in the bin lorry so it can be transported to a treatment and disposal facility. They assist the driver of the bin lorry, help unload the waste, and record the amount of refuse collected. They may also collect waste from construction and demolition sites, and hazardous waste.
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 exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (9)
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.
- assess waste type
- collect domestic waste
- collect industrial waste
- health, safety and hygiene legislation
- maintain refuse collection equipment
- maintain waste collection records
- manage waste
- waste and scrap products
- waste management
Optional (16)
- dispose of hazardous waste
- dispose of non-hazardous waste
- educate on recycling regulations
- empty community waste collection bins
- handle chemical cleaning agents
- hazardous waste storage
- identify damage to public space
- install recycling containers
- maintain recycling records
- monitor civic recycling sites
- operate recycling processing equipment
- pollution prevention
- report pollution incidents
- sort waste
- use personal protection equipment
- waste 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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