Where a landfill supervisor can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a landfill supervisor already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Landfill supervisors coordinate the activities and operations of landfills and landfill staff. They research legislation concerning waste management and ensure the operations of the landfill are compliant, and direct waste disposal operations.
Also known as waste disposal compliance supervisor, solid waste processing supervisor, landfill site supervisor, solid waste collection supervisor, solid waste treatment supervisor, waste disposal site compliance supervisor, waste sortation supervisor, solid waste remediation supervisor, solid waste disposal supervisor, waste treatment equipment supervisor.
Technicians and associate professionals 33 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: waste broker, 50%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A landfill supervisor needs 12 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- manage waste treatment facility management skills
- coordinate waste management procedures management skills
- monitor waste treatment equipment constructing
- communicate with waste collectors communication, collaboration and creativity
- waste transport legislation business, administration and law
- ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations assisting and caring
- advise on waste management procedures communication, collaboration and creativity
- waste and scrap products services
- schedule regular machine maintenance management skills
- waste management services
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a landfill supervisor does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- waste management officer 66% covered · difficulty 35
- solid waste operator 45% covered · difficulty 53.9
- waste broker 43% covered · difficulty 55.7
- hazardous materials inspector 39% covered · difficulty 59.7
- recycling specialist 33% covered · difficulty 64.3
- industrial waste inspector 32% covered · difficulty 66
- hazardous waste inspector 30% covered · difficulty 66.7
Look up another occupation
Landfill supervisor is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 landfill supervisor’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.