Occupation Atlashazardous waste technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c95121e9-e9f7-40a9-adcb-6fda1e82bbd2
hazardous waste technician
Hazardous waste technicians dispose of materials that have been in contact with or are ignitable, corrosive, reactive, toxic or a combination of the aforementioned hazardous traits. They remove the waste from industrial facilities or households and transport them to a treatment facility to ensure they are treated and disposed of according to regulations. They may also advise on the proper treatment of hazardous waste, and aid in the clean-up of hazardous waste spills.
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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 Conventional4.36
- I Investigative2.57
- S Social1.48
- E Enterprising1.19
- 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 Hazardous Materials Removal Workers (47-4041.00): 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 (17)
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 contamination
- assess waste type
- avoid contamination
- characteristics of waste
- contamination exposure regulations
- dispose of hazardous waste
- ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations
- follow standards for machinery safety
- hazardous materials transportation
- hazardous waste storage
- hazardous waste treatment
- hazardous waste types
- remove contaminants
- remove contaminated materials
- store contaminated materials
- waste and scrap products
- waste management
Optional (36)
- advise on waste management procedures
- clean up spilled oil
- collect industrial waste
- collect samples for analysis
- decontamination techniques
- develop hazardous waste management strategies
- develop radiation protection strategies
- document analysis results
- drain hazardous liquids
- educate on hazardous waste
- ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations
- establish waste collection routes
- follow nuclear plant safety precautions
- heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts
- hydraulics
- inspect compliance with hazardous waste regulations
- instruct employees on radiation protection
- issue licences
- maintain recycling records
- maintain waste collection records
- monitor disposal of radioactive substances
- monitor radiation levels
- operate recycling processing equipment
- pneumatics
- pollution legislation
- pollution prevention
- radiation protection
- radioactive contamination
- radiochemistry
- read maps
- report pollution incidents
- respond to nuclear emergencies
- sort waste
- test electrical equipment
- test samples for pollutants
- wear appropriate protective gear
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.
Closest occupations
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