Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
Hazardous materials removal workers' job involves identifying, removing, packing, transporting, or disposing of hazardous materials. Examples of Hazardous materials are lead-based paint, waste oil, fuel, transmission fluid, asbestos, contaminated soil, or radioactive materials. To be able to do these tasks specialized training and certification in hazardous materials handling or a confined entry permit are required.
How to become a hazardous material removal worker? The tasks that hazardous materials removal workers job requires being building containment areas, using hand or power tools such as scrapers, vacuums, or high-pressure sprayers and removing asbestos or lead from surfaces, using monitoring devices and identifying asbestos, lead, or other hazardous materials to be removed, prepare hazardous material for removal or storage
Hazardous materials removal worker’s job also requires to comply with prescribed safety procedures or federal laws regulating waste disposal methods.
Hazardous materials removal worker’s job requires training in vocational schools, related to the job experience or an associate’s degree. To promote effective local, state, or national security, the job requires knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies Administration and Management, Customer and Personal Service, knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by rail, air, sea or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
Qualifications
Every career requires an element of study and academic qualification, and there can be several study routes and pathways you can take. In following any academic pathway you will study subjects that contribute to the specialised knowledge required to achieve your career goals. These qualifications provide a future employer with the evidence that you have the desired knowledge, understanding and experience of their industry, so it’s important to consider the various types of qualifications available to you and to understand how they can boost your career and create opportunities for you.
- Bachelor's Any Subject
Tasks
- Comply with prescribed safety procedures or federal laws regulating waste disposal methods.
- Record numbers of containers stored at disposal sites, specifying amounts or types of equipment or waste disposed.
- Drive trucks or other heavy equipment to convey contaminated waste to designated sea or ground locations.
- Operate machines or equipment to remove, package, store, or transport loads of waste materials.
- Load or unload materials into containers or onto trucks, using hoists or forklifts.
- Clean contaminated equipment or areas for reuse, using detergents or solvents, sandblasters, filter pumps, or steam cleaners.
- Remove asbestos or lead from surfaces, using hand or power tools such as scrapers, vacuums, or high-pressure sprayers.
- Upload baskets of irradiated elements onto machines that insert fuel elements into canisters and secure lids.
- Identify asbestos, lead, or other hazardous materials to be removed, using monitoring devices.
- Package, store, or move irradiated fuel elements in the underwater storage basins of nuclear reactor plants, using machines or equipment.
Progression Routes
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