Recycling Coordinators Career, Salary and Skills
No national wage record is published for this occupation in the current BLS dataset.
Occupation description
Supervise curbside and drop-off recycling programs for municipal governments or private firms.
O*NET code
53-1042.01
Job zone
2
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
National salary and employment
Salary data is not available for this occupation in the current BLS dataset.
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Speaking | 3.88 | 3.38 |
| Management of Personnel Resources | 3.75 | 3.50 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.62 | 3.50 |
| Active Listening | 3.62 | 3.12 |
| Time Management | 3.62 | 3.62 |
| Coordination | 3.62 | 3.25 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.50 | 3.50 |
| Monitoring | 3.50 | 3.50 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.38 | 3.12 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.25 | 3.12 |
Typical tasks
- Oversee recycling pick-up or drop-off programs to ensure compliance with community ordinances.
- Maintain logs of recycling materials received or shipped to processing companies.
- Supervise recycling technicians, community service workers, or other recycling operations employees or volunteers.
- Review customer requests for service to determine service needs and deploy appropriate resources to provide service.
- Provide training to recycling technicians or community service workers on topics such as safety, solid waste processing, or general recycling operations.
- Identify or investigate new opportunities for materials to be collected and recycled.
- Assign truck drivers or recycling technicians to routes.
- Investigate violations of solid waste or recycling ordinances.
Technology
- Email software
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- Operational databases
- SAP software
- Web browser software
- Work scheduling software
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.