Waste broker

Code 3324.1.2

Waste brokers act as mediating party between clients and waste management industries. They ensure the waste is collected from the client by a specialised professional, and transported to a waste mangement facility where it is processed.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • waste management
  • waste transport legislation
  • types of waste collection vehicles

Skills and competences

  • communicate with customers
  • communicate with waste collectors
  • communicate with waste treatment facilities
  • ensure compliance with environmental legislation
  • ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations
  • identify customer's needs

Transversal competences

  • coordinate shipments of waste materials
  • 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