Description
Sort and prepare materials and products for recycling in collection routes or at facilities. Identify and remove hazardous substances when required. Dismantle items, such as appliances or electronics, to recover recyclable components.
Knowledge
Law and Public Safety
- • Public Safety and Security
Business and Management
- • Administration and Management
- • Customer and Personal Service
- • Personnel and Human Resources
Manufacturing and Production
- • Production and Processing
Engineering and Technology
- • Mechanical
Arts and Humanities
- • English Language
Skills
Content
- • Active Listening
Process
- • Monitoring
Technical Skills
- • Operations Monitoring
- • Operation and Control
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
- • Oral Comprehension
- • Oral Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
- • Information Ordering
- • Category Flexibility
Perceptual Abilities
- • Flexibility of Closure
- • Perceptual Speed
Attentiveness
- • Selective Attention
Fine Manipulative Abilities
- • Arm-Hand Steadiness
- • Manual Dexterity
- • Finger Dexterity
Control Movement Abilities
- • Control Precision
- • Multilimb Coordination
- • Rate Control
Reaction Time and Speed Abilities
- • Reaction Time
- • Speed of Limb Movement
Physical Strength Abilities
- • Trunk Strength
Visual Abilities
- • Near Vision
- • Far Vision
- • Depth Perception
Related specializations
Interview options
Interview options
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Related Pathways
Energy & Natural Resources
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Tasks & skills:
O*NET occupational data (work activities, skills, knowledge).
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
