How do they match: Recycling and Reclamation Workers

  • Scrap Metal Processing Worker

  • Prepare and sort materials or products for recycling. Identify and remove hazardous substances. Dismantle components of products such as appliances.

  • Cut discarded products, such as appliances and automobiles, into small pieces using saws, blow torches, or other hand or power tools.
  • Operate processing equipment, such as fiber-sorters and grinders, to sort, crush, or grind recyclable materials.
  • 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.
  • Record logs of recycled materials or waste chemicals removed from products.

  • Clean production equipment.
  • Clean materials to prepare them for production.
  • Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
  • Load materials into production equipment.
  • Lubricate production equipment.
  • Record operational or production data.
  • Repair production equipment or tools.
  • Sort materials or products for processing, storing, shipping, or grading.