Career path
The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
37 skills listed by ESCO, 15 of them essential. 37 are in our skills list and linked; we measure a match on those. ESCO gives no levels, so we ask for level 3 on an essential skill and 2 on the rest.
Occupation: ISCO-08 occupations (International Labour Organization). Skills: This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission (v1.2.1, CC BY 4.0), modified by CareersMatch.
Further out means a higher level. Sign in to see how you compare.
Showing 10 of 37, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| assess waste type | skill | essential | 3 |
| collect broken appliances | skill | essential | 3 |
A path lists what the job asks for
The skills and tools people in this kind of job use, at the level each is usually asked for.
Signed in, we set your profile beside it
Level by level, using only what your profile holds. Something we know nothing about yet is shown as not yet known, never as a no.
You see where you fall short, and what would change it
Answering a question, adding your level or adding a certificate. We never show a pay rise or a time estimate we have no data for.
What this path asks for comes from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0), through the official ISCO-08 to US occupation crosswalk. A competency is essential where O*NET rates it at least 3.5 of 5 in importance.
| communicate with waste collectors |
| skill |
| essential |
| 3 |
| dismantle broken appliances | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations | skill | essential | 3 |
| handle chemical cleaning agents | skill | essential | 3 |
| health, safety and hygiene legislation | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage waste | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate recycling processing equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| sort waste | skill | essential | 3 |
| store sorted waste | skill | essential | 3 |
| troubleshoot | skill | essential | 3 |
| use personal protection equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| waste and scrap products | skill | essential | 3 |
| waste management | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise on waste management procedures | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assess contamination | skill | desirable | 2 |
| avoid contamination | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Collaboration | competency | desirable | 2 |
| Communication | competency | desirable | 2 |
| control delivered waste | skill | desirable | 2 |
| dispose of hazardous waste | skill | desirable | 2 |
| dispose of non-hazardous waste | skill | desirable | 2 |
| drain hazardous liquids | skill | desirable | 2 |
| educate on recycling regulations | skill | desirable | 2 |
| electricity | skill | desirable | 2 |
| electronics principles | skill | desirable | 2 |
| follow recycling collection schedules | skill | desirable | 2 |
| hazardous waste storage | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Influence | competency | desirable | 2 |
| install recycling containers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain recycling records | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain sorting equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| monitor composting | skill | desirable | 2 |
| operate forklift | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform laboratory tests | skill | desirable | 2 |
| pollution prevention | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | desirable | 2 |
| remove contaminants | skill | desirable | 2 |
| report pollution incidents | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Self Management | competency | desirable | 2 |
| stack goods | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Adaptability | competency | desirable | 1 |