Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
Transportation and Material MovingAI Impact Assessment
This job is relatively safe from AI automation and may even benefit from AI tools.
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors with an AI automation risk score of 19%. Analysis includes 14 core tasks.
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Key Tasks
Organize schedules for refuse collection.
Operate equipment that compresses collected refuse.
Inspect trucks prior to beginning routes to ensure safe operating condition.
Drive trucks
Refuel trucks or add other fluids
Dump refuse or recyclable materials at disposal sites.
Fill out defective equipment reports.
Operate automated or semi-automated hoisting devices that raise refuse bins and dump contents into openings in truck bodies.
Upskilling Courses
Data Sources
Analysis based on O*NET data