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refuse vehicle driver

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Description

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.

EssentialOptional

Theoretical Knowledge

waste and scrap productstypes of waste collection vehicleswaste transport legislationwaste managementroad transport legislationhazardous materials transportationhazardous waste storage

Practical Skills

drive waste collection vehicleadhere to transportation work schedulemanoeuvre heavy trucksmaintain waste collection recordsuse personal protection equipmentpark vehicles in depotmanage waste rockdrive vehiclesoperate GPS systemsread mapsempty community waste collection binscollect domestic wastedispose of hazardous wastedrive in urban areascollect industrial wasteestablish waste collection routesdrive vehicles in processionsmaintain septic tanksmaintain refuse collection equipmentassess waste typedispose of non-hazardous waste

Data Source: ESCO v1.2.1 Classification · European Commission

Supported by

EUPortugal GovAmadora City

Incubated by

Amadora InovaIAPMEI

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