3.7 KiB
Market evidence report — solid-waste-operator
Source: 27 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 27), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-19. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 20 | 74 % |
| n/a | 5 | 19 % |
| senior | 1 | 4 % |
| lead | 1 | 4 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | backhoe | 5 | 19 % |
| 2 | forklift | 5 | 19 % |
| 3 | dump trucks | 3 | 11 % |
| 4 | gradall | 3 | 11 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heavy equipment operation | 15 | 56 % |
| 2 | equipment maintenance | 7 | 26 % |
| 3 | minor repairs | 6 | 22 % |
| 4 | road maintenance | 5 | 19 % |
| 5 | vehicle maintenance | 5 | 19 % |
| 6 | equipment operation | 4 | 15 % |
| 7 | preventive maintenance | 4 | 15 % |
| 8 | waste management | 4 | 15 % |
| 9 | budget monitoring | 3 | 11 % |
| 10 | cost estimation | 3 | 11 % |
| 11 | equipment inspection | 3 | 11 % |
| 12 | excavation | 3 | 11 % |
| 13 | road salting | 3 | 11 % |
| 14 | snow plowing | 3 | 11 % |
| 15 | vehicle driving | 3 | 11 % |
| 16 | waste compaction | 3 | 11 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hazardous materials handling | 3 | 11 % |
| 2 | mosh safety guidelines | 3 | 11 % |
| 3 | osha safety guidelines | 3 | 11 % |
| 4 | preventive maintenance | 3 | 11 % |
| 5 | safety training | 3 | 11 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | equipment operation | 12 | 44 % |
| 2 | record keeping | 8 | 30 % |
| 3 | vehicle operation | 7 | 26 % |
| 4 | equipment maintenance | 4 | 15 % |
| 5 | equipment towing | 4 | 15 % |
| 6 | street cleaning | 4 | 15 % |
| 7 | permit application | 3 | 11 % |
| 8 | report completion | 3 | 11 % |
| 9 | waste monitoring | 3 | 11 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 27 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
Insufficient evidence — 27 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Equipment Operator - Public Works Solid Waste Management | 5 |
| Landfill Heavy Equipment Operator | 3 |
| Maintenance Technician III-Senior - Solid Waste and Recycling | 3 |
| Equipment Operator III - Waste Management | 2 |
| Bulk Trash Removal Technician | 1 |
| Driver Helper at Waste Connections Manassas, VA | 1 |
| Equipment Operator | 1 |
| Equipment Operator III | 1 |
| Equipment Operator III - Solid Waste/Highways | 1 |
| Frontline Waste Collection Technician | 1 |
| Heavy Equipment Operator - Early Shift with Benefits | 1 |
| Landfill Heavy Equipment Operator II | 1 |
| Lead Equipment Operator | 1 |
| Production Operator - Non-Merit - Bureau of Solid Waste Management | 1 |
| Recycling & Waste Technician — Driver & Heavy Lifting | 1 |
| Solid Waste Compactor Operator | 1 |
| Solid Waste Equipment Operator I | 1 |
| Solid Waste Technician 4 | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.