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Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors - 53-7081.00

O*NET-SOC Description

Collect and dump refuse or recyclable materials from containers into truck. May drive truck.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

  • Rolloff Truck Driver
  • Sanitation Laborer
  • Garbage Man
  • Swamper
  • Front Load Trash Truck Driver
  • Recycle Driver
  • Front Loader Residential Driver
  • Garbage Collector
  • Residential Recycle Driver
  • Solid Waste Collector

SOC Occupation Groups

53-0000 Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
53-7000 Material Moving Workers
53-7080 Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
53-7081.00 Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors

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Tasks

  • Check road or weather conditions to determine how routes will be affected.
  • Clean trucks or compactor bodies after routes have been completed.
  • Communicate with dispatchers concerning delays, unsafe sites, accidents, equipment breakdowns, or other maintenance problems.
  • Dismount garbage trucks to collect garbage and remount trucks to ride to the next collection point.
  • Drive to disposal sites to empty trucks that have been filled.
  • Drive trucks, following established routes, through residential streets or alleys or through business or industrial areas.
  • Fill out defective equipment reports.
  • Inspect trucks prior to beginning routes to ensure safe operating condition.
  • Make special pickups of recyclable materials, such as food scraps, used oil, discarded computers, or other electronic items.
  • Operate automated or semi-automated hoisting devices that raise refuse bins and dump contents into openings in truck bodies.
  • Operate equipment that compresses collected refuse.
  • Organize schedules for refuse collection.
  • Provide quotes for refuse collection contracts.
  • Refuel trucks or add other fluids, such as oil or brake fluid.
  • Sort items set out for recycling and throw materials into designated truck compartments.
  • Tag garbage or recycling containers to inform customers of problems such as excess garbage or inclusion of items that are not permitted.

Detailed Work Activities

  • drive truck with capacity greater than 3 tons
  • load, unload, or stack containers, materials, or products
  • move or fit heavy objects
  • use truck-mounted hydraulic lifts or other accessories
  • use two-way radio or mobile phone

Military Crosswalk Titles

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Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

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DOT Crosswalk Titles

  • Garbage Collector