refuse vehicle driver

Code 8332.8

Refuse vehicle drivers drive the large vehicles used for refuse collection. They drive the vehicles from the homes and facilities where the refuse is collected by the refuse collectors on the lorry and transport the waste to the waste treatment and disposal facilities.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • Tipo de vehículo terrestre
  • waste and scrap products
  • waste management
  • waste transport legislation
  • types of waste collection vehicles

Skills and competences

  • drive waste collection vehicle
  • use personal protection equipment
  • park vehicles in depot

Transversal competences

  • adhere to transportation work schedule
  • maintain waste collection records

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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