Occupation Atlasemergency response worker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ea4c9aa1-cb9d-4037-a748-ac1305af7129
emergency response worker
Emergency response workers work in missions to aid in emergency and disaster situations, such as natural disasters or oil spills. They clean up the debris or waste caused by the event, ensure the people involved are brought to safety, prevent further damage, and transport goods such as food and medical supplies.
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Typically associated skills
Essential (13)
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.
- clean up spilled oil
- coordinate with other emergency services
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- estimate damage
- evacuate people from buildings
- evacuate people from flooded areas
- first aid
- flood remediation equipment
- operational tactics for emergency responses
- perform environmental remediation
- provide emergency supplies
- remove debris
- treat flood damage
Optional (20)
- avoid contamination
- dispatch emergency personnel
- dispose of hazardous waste
- identify risk of flooding
- manage emergency evacuation plans
- manage emergency procedures
- operate an emergency communication system
- perform demarcation
- perform risk analysis
- perform search and rescue missions
- pollution legislation
- pollution prevention
- provide first aid
- provide humanitarian aid
- remove contaminants
- report pollution incidents
- rescue animals
- sort waste
- use personal protection equipment
- waste and scrap products
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