Occupation Atlasindustrial waste inspector
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a41acf2b-fb87-496f-aec3-7c5fdc5e9211
industrial waste inspector
Industrial waste inspectors conduct controls in companies to ensure they comply with waste and environmental regulations. They check the documentation related to waste management, they collect samples for analysis and observe the industrial practices. They may advise or preventive or corrective actions to improve industrial waste management and disposal.
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Job Zone
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- 4
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
CIRConventional · Investigative · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional5.84
- I Investigative4.77
- R Realistic4.57
- E Enterprising3.21
- S Social2.35
- A Artistic1.05
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 Environmental Compliance Inspectors (13-1041.01): 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.
- chemistry
- collect samples for analysis
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations
- environmental engineering
- environmental legislation
- issue penalties to violators of the sanitation code
- label samples
- manage health and safety standards
- quality assurance procedures
- waste management
- write inspection reports
Optional (21)
- advise on waste management procedures
- biology
- communicate with external laboratories
- develop environmental remediation strategies
- develop hazardous waste management strategies
- develop non-hazardous waste management strategies
- hazardous waste storage
- hazardous waste treatment
- hazardous waste types
- inspect compliance with hazardous waste regulations
- inspect sewers
- inspect waste disposal facilities
- investigate complaints about improper waste handling
- issue licences
- lead inspections
- measure water quality parameters
- perform laboratory tests
- provide advice on breaches of regulation
- record test data
- review waste-treatment facilities construction plans
- test samples for pollutants
O*NET equivalents
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