ISCO Occupation Group 9612.1 Recycling Worker
From Open Risk Manual
Definition
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.
Essential Skills
- Collect Broken Appliances
- Handle Chemical Cleaning Agents
- Waste Management
- Assess Waste Type
- Operate Recycling Processing Equipment
- Health, Safety And Hygiene Legislation
- Ensure Compliance With Waste Legislative Regulations
- Dismantle Broken Appliances
- Manage Waste
- Waste And Scrap Products
- Dispose Waste
- Use Personal Protection Equipment
- Troubleshoot
Optional Skills
- Install Recycling Containers
- Operate Forklift
- Perform Laboratory Tests
- Maintain Sorting Equipment
- Electricity
- Report Pollution Incidents
- Advise On Waste Management Procedures
- Educate On Recycling Regulations
- Remove Contaminants
- Control Delivered Waste
- Maintain Recycling Records
- Hazardous Waste Storage
- Dispose Of Non-Hazardous Waste
- Sort Waste
- Monitor Composting
- Drain Hazardous Liquids
- Pollution Prevention
- Assess Contamination
- Electronics Principles
- Dispose Of Hazardous Waste
- Follow Recycling Collection Schedules
- Avoid Contamination
Alternative Names
- Recycling Site Operative
- Household Waste Recycling Site Operative
- Car Dissasembler
- Commercial Waste Reclamation Worker
- Car Breaker
- Waste Reclamation Worker
- Vehicle Breaker
- Vehicle Dismantler
- Waste Recycling Site Operative
- Household Waste Recycling Site Worker
- Waste Recycling Site Worker
- Recycling Site Worker
- Recycling Operative
- Household Waste Reclamation Worker
- Reclamation Worker
