emergency response worker

Code 5419.6

Emergency response workers work in missions to aid in emergency and disaster situations, such as natural disasters or oil spills. They clean up the debris or waste caused by the event, ensure the people involved are brought to safety, prevent further damage, and transport goods such as food and medical supplies.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • flood remediation equipment
  • operational tactics for emergency responses

Skills and competences

  • estimate damage
  • coordinate with other emergency services
  • evacuate people from buildings
  • evacuate people from flooded areas
  • ensure compliance with environmental legislation
  • clean up spilled oil
  • provide emergency supplies
  • remove debris
  • treat flood damage

Transversal competences

  • eliminar residuos
  • first aid
  • perform environmental remediation

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences