hazardous waste techniciantodecontamination worker
A hazardous waste technician already meets 64% of what the decontamination worker role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
64%
36.9/ 100
1 Share of the decontamination worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the hazardous waste technician profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A decontamination worker role treats 11 of its required skills as things a hazardous waste technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assess contamination
- avoid contamination
- contamination exposure regulations
- decontamination techniques
- hazardous waste treatment
- radiation protection
What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A decontamination worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a hazardous waste technician background worth leading with.
- already held store contaminated materials handling and moving
- already held decontamination techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held remove contaminated materials handling and moving
- already held remove contaminants handling and moving
- already held hazardous materials transportation services
- already held radioactive contamination natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
All 17 carried skills, including the 11 the decontamination worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held cleaning industry health and safety measures required
- required, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation required
- required, not held investigate contamination required
- optional, not held report on building damage optional
- optional, not held identify damage to buildings optional
- required, not held disinfect surfaces required
- optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
- optional, not held assist people in contaminated areas optional
- optional, not held ensure operability of protective equipment optional
- optional, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights optional
- optional, not held secure working area optional
- optional, not held advise on soil and water protection optional
- optional, not held perform demarcation optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a decontamination worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 cleaning industry health and safety measures knowledge · cross sector
- 02 disinfect surfaces skill · cross sector
- 03 health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held assess contamination skill
- already held avoid contamination skill
- already held contamination exposure regulations knowledge
- already held decontamination techniques knowledge
- already held hazardous waste treatment knowledge
- already held radiation protection knowledge
- already held radioactive contamination knowledge
- already held remove contaminants skill
- already held remove contaminated materials skill
- already held store contaminated materials skill
- already held wear appropriate protective gear skill
- already held dispose of hazardous waste skill
- already held document analysis results skill
- already held ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations skill
- already held hazardous materials transportation knowledge
- already held hazardous waste storage knowledge
- already held test samples for pollutants skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held tend asbestos blower optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on soil and water protection optional
- optional, not held assist people in contaminated areas optional
- optional, not held report on building damage optional
- optional, not held tend asbestos blower optional
- optional, not held ensure operability of protective equipment optional
- optional, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights optional
- optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
- optional, not held identify damage to buildings optional
- optional, not held perform demarcation optional
- optional, not held secure working area optional
36 held skills the decontamination worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on waste management procedures skill
- not needed by the target role assess waste type skill
- not needed by the target role characteristics of waste knowledge
- not needed by the target role clean up spilled oil skill
- not needed by the target role collect industrial waste skill
- not needed by the target role collect samples for analysis skill
- not needed by the target role develop hazardous waste management strategies skill
- not needed by the target role develop radiation protection strategies skill
- not needed by the target role drain hazardous liquids skill
- not needed by the target role educate on hazardous waste skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations skill
- not needed by the target role establish waste collection routes skill
- not needed by the target role follow nuclear plant safety precautions skill
- not needed by the target role follow standards for machinery safety skill
- not needed by the target role hazardous waste types knowledge
- not needed by the target role heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts knowledge
- not needed by the target role hydraulics knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect compliance with hazardous waste regulations skill
- not needed by the target role instruct employees on radiation protection skill
- not needed by the target role issue licences skill
- not needed by the target role maintain recycling records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain waste collection records skill
- not needed by the target role monitor disposal of radioactive substances skill
- not needed by the target role monitor radiation levels skill
- not needed by the target role operate recycling processing equipment skill
- not needed by the target role pneumatics knowledge
- not needed by the target role pollution legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role pollution prevention knowledge
- not needed by the target role radiochemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role read maps skill
- not needed by the target role report pollution incidents skill
- not needed by the target role respond to nuclear emergencies skill
- not needed by the target role sort waste skill
- not needed by the target role test electrical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role waste and scrap products knowledge
- not needed by the target role waste management knowledge
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held cleaning industry health and safety measures required
- required, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation required
Other moves recorded from hazardous waste technician
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.