recycling worker
ISCO: 9612. Skills: 34. Essential: 12.
Essential skills
- 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
Supporting skills
- 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