Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
Job Purpose:
Identify, remove, pack, transport, or dispose of hazardous materials, including asbestos and lead-based paint. Specialized training and certification in hazardous materials handling required.
Essential Duties and/or Responsibilities:
- Follow prescribed safety procedures, and comply with federal laws regulating waste disposal methods.
- Record numbers of containers stored at disposal sites, and specify amounts and types of equipment and waste disposed.
- Drive trucks or other heavy equipment to convey contaminated waste to designated sea or ground locations.
- Operate machines and equipment to remove, package, store, or transport loads of waste materials.
- Load and unload materials into containers and onto trucks, using hoists or forklifts.
- Clean contaminated equipment or areas for re-use, using detergents and solvents, sandblasters, filter pumps, and steam cleaners.
- Construct scaffolding or build containment areas prior to beginning abatement or decontamination work.
Knowledge and Skills Required:
- Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
- Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
- Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
- Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
- Time Management - Managing one's own time.
- Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.