Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a recycling worker can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a recycling worker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Recycling workers clean materials and remove waste, and ensure the waste and collected materials are sorted in the appropriate recycling containers. They also dismantle vehicles and sort the parts collected, and deposit recyclable materials onto conveyor belts where they can be further sorted.

Elementary occupations 34 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: refuse collector, 63%

refuse collector 63% covered solid waste operator 55% covered hazardous waste technician 39% covered asbestos abatement worker 38% covered building exterior cleaner 29% covered recycling worker You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from recycling worker. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a recycling worker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Index

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recycling worker is filed under Elementary occupations, ISCO major group 9. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a recycling worker already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.