Career Overlap Occupation record
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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.

Also known as household waste reclamation worker, waste recycling site worker, waste reclamation worker, vehicle dismantler, recycling site operative, recycling operative, reclamation worker, recycling site worker, car dissasembler, vehicle breaker, household waste recycling site operative, commercial waste reclamation worker.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
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
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from recycling worker, each one a link to that move’s record. 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.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A recycling worker 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.

Required skill Area
  • collect broken appliances handling and moving
  • dismantle broken appliances working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate recycling processing equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • assess waste type handling and moving
  • ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations assisting and caring
  • waste and scrap products services
  • waste management services
  • manage waste handling and moving
  • handle chemical cleaning agents handling and moving
  • health, safety and hygiene legislation services
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a recycling worker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a recycling 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.