refuse collectortosolid waste operator
A refuse collector already meets 48% of what the solid waste operator role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
48%
51/ 100
1 Share of the solid waste operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the refuse collector profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A solid waste operator role treats 6 of its required skills as things a refuse collector already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assess waste type
- dispose of non-hazardous waste
- maintain recycling records
- operate recycling processing equipment
- waste and scrap products
- waste management
What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A solid waste operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a refuse collector background worth leading with.
- already held monitor civic recycling sites information skills
- already held collect domestic waste handling and moving
- already held install recycling containers handling and moving
- already held empty community waste collection bins handling and moving
- already held collect industrial waste handling and moving
- already held operate recycling processing equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 16 carried skills, including the 6 the solid waste operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held communicate with waste collectors required
- required, not held troubleshoot required
- optional, not held advise on waste management procedures optional
- required, not held control delivered waste required
- required, not held test samples for pollutants required
- optional, not held inspect recycling procedures optional
- required, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation required
- required, not held ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations required
- required, not held ensure equipment availability required
- optional, not held establish waste collection routes optional
- required, not held monitor waste treatment equipment required
- optional, not held remove debris optional
- optional, not held store sorted waste optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a solid waste operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 control delivered waste skill · sector specific
- 02 monitor waste treatment equipment skill · sector specific
- 03 test samples for pollutants skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 16 skills that carry over
- already held assess waste type skill
- already held dispose of non-hazardous waste skill
- already held maintain recycling records skill
- already held operate recycling processing equipment skill
- already held waste and scrap products knowledge
- already held waste management knowledge
- already held collect domestic waste skill
- already held collect industrial waste skill
- already held dispose of hazardous waste skill
- already held empty community waste collection bins skill
- already held install recycling containers skill
- already held maintain waste collection records skill
- already held monitor civic recycling sites skill
- already held pollution prevention knowledge
- already held sort waste skill
- already held waste transport legislation knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held hazardous waste types optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held establish waste collection routes optional
- optional, not held inspect recycling procedures optional
- optional, not held remove debris optional
- optional, not held store sorted waste optional
- optional, not held advise on waste management procedures optional
- optional, not held hazardous waste types optional
9 held skills the solid waste operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role educate on recycling regulations skill
- not needed by the target role handle chemical cleaning agents skill
- not needed by the target role hazardous waste storage knowledge
- not needed by the target role health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify damage to public space skill
- not needed by the target role maintain refuse collection equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage waste skill
- not needed by the target role report pollution incidents skill
- not needed by the target role use personal protection equipment skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held hazardous waste types optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.