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2.4 KiB
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36 lines
2.4 KiB
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# Tasks & work activities — liquid waste treatment plant operator
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Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 53-7062.04 (Recycling and Reclamation Workers).
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## Task statements
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- **[Core]** Sort materials, such as metals, glass, wood, paper or plastics, into appropriate containers for recycling.
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- **[Core]** Operate forklifts, pallet jacks, power lifts, or front-end loaders to load bales, bundles, or other heavy items onto trucks for shipping to smelters or other recycled materials processing facilities.
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- **[Core]** Sort metals to separate high-grade metals, such as copper, brass, and aluminum, for recycling.
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- **[Core]** Clean recycling yard by sweeping, raking, picking up broken glass and loose paper debris, or moving barrels and bins.
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- **[Core]** Clean, inspect, or lubricate recyclable collection equipment or perform routine maintenance or minor repairs on recycling equipment, such as star gears, finger sorters, destoners, belts, and grinders.
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- **[Supplemental]** Extract chemicals from discarded appliances, such as air conditioners or refrigerators, using specialized machinery, such as refrigerant recovery equipment.
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- **[Supplemental]** Collect recyclable materials from curbside for delivery to designated facilities.
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- **[Supplemental]** Deposit recoverable materials into chutes or place materials on conveyor belts.
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- **[Supplemental]** Operate automated refuse or manual recycling collection vehicles.
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- **[Supplemental]** Operate balers to compress recyclable materials into bundles or bales.
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- **[Supplemental]** Operate processing equipment, such as fiber-sorters and grinders, to sort, crush, or grind recyclable materials.
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- **[Supplemental]** Record logs of recycled materials or waste chemicals removed from products.
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- **[Supplemental]** Clean materials, such as metals, according to recycling requirements.
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- **[Supplemental]** Collect and sort recyclable construction materials, such as concrete, drywall, plastics, or wood, into containers.
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## Detailed work activities
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- Clean materials to prepare them for production.
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- Clean production equipment.
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- Clean work areas.
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- Decontaminate equipment or sites to remove hazardous or toxic substances.
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- Load materials into production equipment.
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- Lubricate production equipment.
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- Operate forklifts or other loaders.
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- Operate grinding equipment.
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- Operate recycling equipment.
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- Record operational or production data.
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- Repair production equipment or tools.
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- Sort recyclable materials.
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