Where a decontamination worker can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a decontamination worker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Decontamination workers remove and dispose of hazardous materials, such as radioactive materials or contaminated soil. They handle hazardous materials in compliance with safety regulations, investigate causes of contamination, and remove the contamination from the structure or site.
Also known as environmental decontamination technician, environmental remediation worker, environmental decontamination worker, soil decontamination worker, radio-active decontamination worker, hazardous material decontamination worker.
Craft and related trades workers 31 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: asbestos abatement worker, 83%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A decontamination worker needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- store contaminated materials handling and moving
- disinfect surfaces handling and moving
- decontamination techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
- remove contaminated materials handling and moving
- investigate contamination information skills
- remove contaminants handling and moving
- radioactive contamination natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- contamination exposure regulations services
- hazardous waste treatment services
- assess contamination information skills
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a decontamination worker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- asbestos abatement worker 71% covered · difficulty 31.4
- hazardous waste technician 64% covered · difficulty 36.9
- radiation protection technician 62% covered · difficulty 39.6
- environmental technician 41% covered · difficulty 57.5
- building exterior cleaner 36% covered · difficulty 62.1
- radiation protection officer 29% covered · difficulty 67.5
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Decontamination worker is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a decontamination worker’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.