Will “Junkman” be Automated?

Core Skills & Abilities

• Operate equipment that compresses collected refuse.

• Drive trucks, following established routes, through residential streets or alleys or through business or industrial areas.

• Inspect trucks prior to beginning routes to ensure safe operating condition.

• Fill out defective equipment reports.

• Dump refuse or recyclable materials at disposal sites.

• Operate automated or semi-automated hoisting devices that raise refuse bins and dump contents into openings in truck bodies.

• Dismount garbage trucks to collect garbage and remount trucks to ride to the next collection point.

• Refuel trucks or add other fluids, such as oil or brake fluid.

• Communicate with dispatchers concerning delays, unsafe sites, accidents, equipment breakdowns, or other maintenance problems.

• Clean trucks or compactor bodies after routes have been completed.

• Check road or weather conditions to determine how routes will be affected.

• Tag garbage or recycling containers to inform customers of problems, such as excess garbage or inclusion of items that are not permitted.

• Make special pickups of recyclable materials, such as food scraps, used oil, discarded computers, or other electronic items.

• Organize schedules for refuse collection.