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Ocupacions
Recycling worker
Car breaker Car dissasembler Commercial waste reclamation worker Household waste reclamation worker Household waste recycling site operative Household waste recycling site worker Reclamation worker Recycling operative Recycling site operative Recycling site worker Recycling worker Vehicle breaker Vehicle dismantler Waste reclamation worker Waste recycling site operative Waste recycling site worker
Recycling workers clean materials and remove waste, and ensure the waste and collected materials are sorted in the appropriate recycling containers. They also dismantle vehicles and sort the parts collected, and deposit recyclable materials onto conveyor belts where they can be further sorted.
Tasks
Tasks include -
(a) Searching through refuse and collecting items for recycling from dump sites, domestic, commercial and industrial premises or from public places such as streets;
(b) Sorting cardboard, paper, glass, plastic, aluminium or other recyclable materials by type;
(c) Placing recyclable items and materials in designated compartments and containers for storage or transportation;
(d) Identifying and setting aside items of furniture, equipment, machinery or components that are suitable for repair or re-use;
(e) Transporting recyclable items by hand or using non-motorized vehicles;
(f) Selling recyclable or reusable materials.
Knowledge
- Community sanitation
- Electricity and energy
- Electronics and automation
- Environmental protection technology
- Occupational health and safety
Digital competencies
- Sorting materials or products
- Disposing of non-hazardous waste or debris
- Handling and disposing of hazardous materials
- Developing solutions
- Maintaining operational records
Digital competencies
No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.
Personal competencies
- Supporting others
- Communicating
Professional groups of the occupation
Elementary occupations
Refuse workers and other elementary workers
Refuse workers
Refuse sorters
Other occupations of the professional group
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Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès
Refuse sorters
359
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
15,21%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
-17,85% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
13,93%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
40,67%
Part-time contracts
1,84% Turnover index
89
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
-1%
Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
The market for this profile is hiring
Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age
Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.
Refuse workers and other elementary workers
72%
28%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Refuse workers and other elementary workers
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
What vacancies are published in the professional family?
Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year
Refuse workers
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Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.
What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?
Refuse sorters
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
The vacancies published are for working in:
Job vacancies posted by county
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
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