Identify, remove, pack, transport, or dispose of hazardous materials, including asbestos, lead-based paint, waste oil, fuel, transmission fluid, radioactive materials, contaminated soil, etc. Specialized training and certification in hazardous materials handling or a confined entry permit are generally required. May operate earth-moving equipment or trucks.
Duties and Tasks:
1) Load and unload materials into containers and onto trucks, using hoists or forklifts.
2) Mix and pour concrete into forms to encase waste material for disposal.
3) Operate cranes to move and load baskets, casks, and canisters.
4) Operate machines and equipment to remove, package, store, or transport loads of waste materials.
5) Record numbers of containers stored at disposal sites, and specify amounts and types of equipment and waste disposed.
6) Apply chemical compounds to lead-based paint, allow compounds to dry, then scrape the hazardous material into containers for removal and/or storage.
7) Construct scaffolding or build containment areas prior to beginning abatement or decontamination work.
8) Manipulate handgrips of mechanical arms to place irradiated fuel elements into baskets.
9) Organize and track the locations of hazardous items in landfills.
10) Package, store, and move irradiated fuel elements in the underwater storage basin of a nuclear reactor plant, using machines and equipment.
11) Pull tram cars along underwater tracks, and position cars to receive irradiated fuel elements; then pull loaded cars to mechanisms that automatically unload elements onto underwater tables.
12) Remove asbestos and/or lead from surfaces, using hand and power tools such as scrapers, vacuums, and high-pressure sprayers.
13) Clean contaminated equipment or areas for re-use, using detergents and solvents, sandblasters, filter pumps, and steam cleaners.
14) Drive trucks or other heavy equipment to convey contaminated waste to designated sea or ground locations.
15) Follow prescribed safety procedures, and comply with federal laws regulating waste disposal methods.
16) Identify asbestos, lead, or other hazardous materials that need to be removed, using monitoring devices.
17) Unload baskets of irradiated elements onto packaging machines that automatically insert fuel elements into canisters and secure lids.
Activities:
1) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
2) Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
3) Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
4) Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
5) Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment — Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
6) Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
7) Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
8) Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
9) Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
10) Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
11) Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
12) Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
13) Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
14) Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
15) Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
16) Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
17) Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
18) Monitoring and Controlling Resources — Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
19) Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
20) Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
21) Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
22) Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
23) Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
24) Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
25) Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
26) Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
27) Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
28) Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
29) Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment — Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
30) Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
31) Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
32) Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment — Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
33) Staffing Organizational Units — Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization.
34) Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
35) Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
36) Performing Administrative Activities — Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
37) Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
38) Selling or Influencing Others — Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.
39) Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
Abilities:
1) Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand
2) Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
3) Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
4) Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
5) Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
6) Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
7) Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
8) Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
9) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
10) Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
11) Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
12) Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
13) Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
14) Multilimb Coordination — The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
15) Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
16) Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
17) Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.
18) Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
19) Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
20) Response Orientation — The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.
21) Depth Perception — The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
22) Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Knowledge
1)Chemistry — Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
2) Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
3) Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
4) 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.
5) English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.