Waste Management Operator

What people in this role do:

• Help unload waste from car and truck
• Operate waste disposal equipment such as forklifts and compacting machines to sort, crush and stack waste material
• Identify and handle hazardous materials
• Load sorted waste onto trucks and dispatch to landfill area or recycling plants
• Maintain equipment and facilities of the plant
• Perform routine servicing and cleaning of storage facilities, plants and waste management equipment
• Maintain records an prepare reports detailing plant operation
• Facilitate school and visitor inspections
• Receive, monitor and respond to remote alarms
• Operate waste disposal equipment, forklifts and compacting machines

Your chances of success will be better if you have:

• Physical fitness
• Knowledge of hazard substances
• Team skills

The Future

• Employment for a minimum of one year
• Employment areas include local or state waste management plants and organisations

Specialisation

• Refuse / Recyclable Collector
• General, Commercial, Industrial & Hazardous Waste
• For more options see www.myfuture.edu.au
   

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