How do they match: Recycling and Reclamation Workers

  • Materials Sorter
  • Non-Ferrous Material Handler
  • Recyclable Materials Sorter

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

  • Clean materials, such as metals, according to recycling requirements.
  • Collect and sort recyclable construction materials, such as concrete, drywall, plastics, or wood, into containers.
  • Collect recyclable materials from curbside for delivery to designated facilities.
  • Deposit recoverable materials into chutes or place materials on conveyor belts.
  • Operate balers to compress recyclable materials into bundles or bales.
  • 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.
  • Operate processing equipment, such as fiber-sorters and grinders, to sort, crush, or grind recyclable materials.
  • Record logs of recycled materials or waste chemicals removed from products.
  • Sort materials, such as metals, glass, wood, paper or plastics, into appropriate containers for recycling.

  • Clean materials to prepare them for production.
  • Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
  • Load materials into production equipment.
  • Sort materials or products for processing, storing, shipping, or grading.
  • Sort recyclable materials.