Waste Management Operator
Traineeship
What Waste Management Operators 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
Who to Contact for more information and advice?
Group Training Organisation |
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Central West Group Apprentices Ltd |
T (02) 6331 3655 F (02) 6331 9450 |
203-209 Russell St Bathurst NSW 2795 |
Bathurst, Cowra, Dubbo, Lithgow, Orange, Parkes |
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GTES |
T (02) 6923 3000 F (02) 6921 8616 |
161 Hammond Ave Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 |
Wagga Wagga, Riverina |
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Hunter Valley Training Company Pty Ltd |
T (02) 4932 4222 F (02) 4932 4544 |
East Greta Junction Maitland 2320 |
Upper Hunter and Lower Hunter Valley, Illawarra, Sydney, Mid North Coast, New England, North Coast Gunnedah |
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ON Q Human Resources |
T (07) 5523 3211 F (07) 5523 4188 |
Unit 6-8 Amber Road Tweed Heads 2486 |
Far North Coast NSW |
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SERTEC Ltd |
T (02) 6492 3944 F (02) 6492 4594 |
163 Auckland St Bega NSW 2550 |
South East NSW |
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Sydney Training and Employment Ltd |
T (02) 9715 7344 F (02) 9745 2900 |
Level 2 28 Burwood Rd Burwood NSW 2134 |
Sydney Metropolitan Area, Newcastle, Central Coast, Canberra, Illawarra, Shoalhaven |
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Waste Management – Traineeships
Entry |
Education / Training |
Career Prospects |
Articulation |
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Certificate II |
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Nil |
Asset Maintenance Waste Management |
Waste Management Operator Waste Transport Driver Garbage Collector: General, Commercial, Industrial, Hazardous |
Certificate III Asset Maintenance – Waste Management |
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Certificate III |
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Nil |
Asset Maintenance Waste Management |
Waste Management Supervisor Waste Management Operator Waste Transport Driver Refuse / Recyclable Collector |
Certificate IV Asset Maintenance – Waste Management |
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Certificate II Water Industry Operations is an entry requirement for this course. This can be done concurrently with certificate III. |
Water Industry Operations |
Process Senior Operator in the water or wastewater industry |
Water Industry Operations Certificate IV |
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Certificate IV |
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Nil |
Asset Maintenance Waste Management |
Supervisor Manager |
Diploma Environmental Monitoring and Technology %arrow% Advance standing in some university courses. |
