Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a refuse vehicle driver can go next

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

Refuse vehicle drivers drive the large vehicles used for refuse collection. They drive the vehicles from the homes and facilities where the refuse is collected by the refuse collectors on the lorry and transport the waste to the waste treatment and disposal facilities.

Also known as driver of refuse vehicle.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 28 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: refuse collector, 62%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
refuse collector 62% covered waste broker 35% covered solid waste operator 33% covered sorter labourer 28% covered recycling worker 26% covered refuse vehicle driver You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from refuse vehicle driver, 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 vehicle driver 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 vehicle driver 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
  • park vehicles in depot working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • types of waste collection vehicles services
  • drive waste collection vehicle working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • manage waste rock handling and moving
  • adhere to transportation work schedule communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain waste collection records information skills
  • waste transport legislation business, administration and law
  • manoeuvre heavy trucks working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • waste and scrap products services
  • waste management services
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Refuse vehicle driver is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 vehicle driver’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.