Jobs / Physical work / 53-7062.04
Recycling and Reclamation Workers
Prepare and sort materials or products for recycling. Identify and remove hazardous substances. Dismantle components of products such as appliances.
- US jobs
- 2,950,280 (SOC 53-7062 group, "Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand")
- Median wage
- $40,240 a year
- Job family
- Physical work
Can agents do the work of recycling and reclamation workers?
We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Physical work:
- Task levelUnexploredNo benchmark in our collection covers this work yet.
- Project levelUnexploredNo benchmark in our collection covers this work yet.
Unexplored territory
No benchmark in this atlas covers this work yet.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Sort materials, such as metals, glass, wood, paper or plastics, into appropriate containers for recycling.
- Clean recycling yard by sweeping, raking, picking up broken glass and loose paper debris, or moving barrels and bins.
- 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.
- Sort metals to separate high-grade metals, such as copper, brass, and aluminum, for recycling.
- 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.
- Collect and sort recyclable construction materials, such as concrete, drywall, plastics, or wood, into containers.
- Extract chemicals from discarded appliances, such as air conditioners or refrigerators, using specialized machinery, such as refrigerant recovery equipment.
- Deposit recoverable materials into chutes or place materials on conveyor belts.
- Operate balers to compress recyclable materials into bundles or bales.
- Clean materials, such as metals, according to recycling requirements.
- Record logs of recycled materials or waste chemicals removed from products.
- Operate processing equipment, such as fiber-sorters and grinders, to sort, crush, or grind recyclable materials.
Other job titles for this occupation (24)
Bobcat Driver · Box Sorter · Convenience Recycle Center Technician (Convenience Recycle Center Tech) · Deconstruction and Decontamination Waste Operations Specialist (D and D Waste Operations Specialist) · Non-Ferrous Material Handler · Sort Line Worker · Sorter · Transfer Station Operator · Auto Dismantler · Computer Recycling Worker · Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Worker · Materials Sorter · Pallet Sorter · Reclamation Worker · Recyclable Materials Sorter · Recycling and Reclamation Worker · Recycling Sorter · Recycling Technician · Recycling Worker · Refuse and Recycling Worker · Refuse Laborer · Scrap Metal Processing Worker · Shredding Specialist · Waste Management Recycling Technician