Refuse vehicle driver to refuse collector
A refuse vehicle driver already meets 62% of what the refuse collector role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
34.8/ 100
1 How much of what a refuse collector is expected to do is already part of a refuse vehicle driver’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the refuse collector role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A refuse collector role treats 7 of its required skills as things a refuse vehicle driver already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assess waste type
- collect domestic waste
- collect industrial waste
- maintain refuse collection equipment
- maintain waste collection records
- waste and scrap products
What stands in the way is 2 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A refuse collector role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a refuse vehicle driver background worth leading with.
- already held maintain refuse collection equipment constructing
- already held collect domestic waste handling and moving
- already held empty community waste collection bins handling and moving
- already held collect industrial waste handling and moving
- already held maintain waste collection records information skills
- already held waste transport legislation business, administration and law
All 13 carried skills, including the 7 the refuse collector role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn manage waste required
- optional, not held install recycling containers optional
- optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
- optional, not held sort waste optional
- still to learn health, safety and hygiene legislation required
- optional, not held identify damage to public space optional
- optional, not held monitor civic recycling sites optional
- optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
- optional, not held maintain recycling records optional
- optional, not held educate on recycling regulations optional
- optional, not held pollution prevention optional
- optional, not held operate recycling processing equipment optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a refuse collector role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 13 skills that carry over
- already held assess waste type skill
- already held collect domestic waste skill
- already held collect industrial waste skill
- already held maintain refuse collection equipment skill
- already held maintain waste collection records skill
- already held waste and scrap products knowledge
- already held waste management knowledge
- already held dispose of hazardous waste skill
- already held dispose of non-hazardous waste skill
- already held empty community waste collection bins skill
- already held hazardous waste storage knowledge
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
- already held waste transport legislation knowledge
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held educate on recycling regulations optional
- optional, not held identify damage to public space optional
- optional, not held install recycling containers optional
- optional, not held monitor civic recycling sites optional
- optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
- optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
- optional, not held maintain recycling records optional
- optional, not held operate recycling processing equipment optional
- optional, not held pollution prevention optional
- optional, not held sort waste optional
15 held skills the refuse collector role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adhere to transportation work schedule skill
- not needed by the target role drive in urban areas skill
- not needed by the target role drive vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role drive vehicles in processions skill
- not needed by the target role drive waste collection vehicle skill
- not needed by the target role establish waste collection routes skill
- not needed by the target role hazardous materials transportation knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain septic tanks skill
- not needed by the target role manage waste rock skill
- not needed by the target role manoeuvre heavy trucks skill
- not needed by the target role operate GPS systems skill
- not needed by the target role park vehicles in depot skill
- not needed by the target role read maps skill
- not needed by the target role road transport legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of waste collection vehicles 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.
- still to learn health, safety and hygiene legislation required
- optional, not held pollution prevention optional
Common questions about this move
Can a refuse vehicle driver become a refuse collector?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A refuse vehicle driver already covers 62% of what a refuse collector is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 7 of which the refuse collector role treats as required.
What skills does a refuse vehicle driver need to become a refuse collector?
2 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is health, safety and hygiene legislation.
How hard is the move from refuse vehicle driver to refuse collector?
Its learning distance is 34.8 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.