Occupation Atlasrecycling worker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4ed9ce62-75d4-4b05-80d4-e86528fecdcd
recycling worker
Recycling workers clean materials and remove waste, and ensure the waste and collected materials are sorted in the appropriate recycling containers. They also dismantle vehicles and sort the parts collected, and deposit recyclable materials onto conveyor belts where they can be further sorted.
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.
- assess waste type
- collect broken appliances
- dismantle broken appliances
- ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations
- handle chemical cleaning agents
- health, safety and hygiene legislation
- manage waste
- operate recycling processing equipment
- troubleshoot
- use personal protection equipment
- waste and scrap products
- waste management
Optional (22)
- advise on waste management procedures
- assess contamination
- avoid contamination
- control delivered waste
- dispose of hazardous waste
- dispose of non-hazardous waste
- drain hazardous liquids
- educate on recycling regulations
- electricity
- electronics principles
- follow recycling collection schedules
- hazardous waste storage
- install recycling containers
- maintain recycling records
- maintain sorting equipment
- monitor composting
- operate forklift
- perform laboratory tests
- pollution prevention
- remove contaminants
- report pollution incidents
- sort waste
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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