Refuse vehicle driver to waste broker
A refuse vehicle driver already meets 35% of what the waste broker role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
60.5/ 100
1 How much of what a waste broker 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 waste broker role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A waste broker role treats 4 of its required skills as things a refuse vehicle driver already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- maintain waste collection records
- types of waste collection vehicles
- waste management
- waste transport legislation
What stands in the way is 7 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A waste broker 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 types of waste collection vehicles services
- already held establish waste collection routes management skills
- already held maintain waste collection records information skills
- already held hazardous materials transportation services
- already held waste transport legislation business, administration and law
- already held waste and scrap products services
All 8 carried skills, including the 4 the waste broker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 4 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 communicate with waste treatment facilities required
- still to learn identify customer's needs required
- still to learn communicate with customers required
- still to learn communicate with waste collectors required
- optional, not held apply transportation management concepts optional
- optional, not held advise on waste management procedures optional
- optional, not held implement transport strategy optional
- optional, not held investigate complaints about improper waste handling optional
- still to learn ensure compliance with environmental legislation required
- still to learn ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations required
- optional, not held update licenses optional
- still to learn coordinate shipments of waste materials required
- optional, not held coordinate waste management procedures optional
- optional, not held coordinate shipments of recycling materials optional
- optional, not held inspect compliance with hazardous waste regulations optional
- optional, not held monitor legislation developments optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a waste broker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 communicate with waste treatment facilities practise this
- 02 coordinate shipments of waste materials practise this
- 03 identify customer's needs practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held maintain waste collection records skill
- already held types of waste collection vehicles knowledge
- already held waste management knowledge
- already held waste transport legislation knowledge
- already held establish waste collection routes skill
- already held hazardous materials transportation knowledge
- already held hazardous waste storage knowledge
- already held waste and scrap products knowledge
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply transportation management concepts optional
- optional, not held coordinate waste management procedures optional
- optional, not held update licenses optional
- optional, not held advise on waste management procedures optional
- optional, not held coordinate shipments of recycling materials optional
- optional, not held implement transport strategy optional
- optional, not held inspect compliance with hazardous waste regulations optional
- optional, not held investigate complaints about improper waste handling optional
- optional, not held monitor legislation developments optional
20 held skills the waste broker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adhere to transportation work schedule skill
- not needed by the target role assess waste type skill
- not needed by the target role collect domestic waste skill
- not needed by the target role collect industrial waste skill
- not needed by the target role dispose of hazardous waste skill
- not needed by the target role dispose of non-hazardous waste 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 empty community waste collection bins skill
- not needed by the target role maintain refuse collection equipment skill
- 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 use personal protection equipment skill
Common questions about this move
Can a refuse vehicle driver become a waste broker?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A refuse vehicle driver already covers 35% of what a waste broker is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 4 of which the waste broker role treats as required.
What skills does a refuse vehicle driver need to become a waste broker?
7 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is communicate with waste treatment facilities.
How hard is the move from refuse vehicle driver to waste broker?
Its learning distance is 60.5 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.