Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a refuse collector can go next

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

Refuse collectors remove waste from homes and other facilities and put it in the bin lorry so it can be transported to a treatment and disposal facility. They assist the driver of the bin lorry, help unload the waste, and record the amount of refuse collected. They may also collect waste from construction and demolition sites, and hazardous waste.

Also known as binman, waste collector, office waste collector, household waste collector, recycling operator, kerbside collector, household refuse collector, commercial waste collector, industrial waste collector, refuse collection worker, domestic refuse collector, refuse sorter.

Elementary occupations 25 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: sorter labourer, 66%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
sorter labourer 66% covered recycling worker 57% covered solid waste operator 49% covered refuse vehicle driver 44% covered hazardous waste technician 25% covered refuse collector You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from refuse collector, 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 refuse collector 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 refuse collector needs 9 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • maintain refuse collection equipment constructing
  • collect domestic waste handling and moving
  • collect industrial waste handling and moving
  • maintain waste collection records information skills
  • assess waste type handling and moving
  • waste and scrap products services
  • waste management services
  • manage waste 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 refuse collector does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Refuse collector 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 refuse collector’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.