Careers / Recycling Coordinators
Recycling Coordinators — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
Not published
Employment
Not published
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Job Zone 2
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Supervise curbside and drop-off recycling programs for municipal governments or private firms.
- O*NET code
- 53-1042.01
- Job zone
- 2
- Experience required
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Typical tasks
- Investigate violations of solid waste or recycling ordinances.
- 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.
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Salary analysis — United States
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Most important skills
- Speaking3.9
- Management of Personnel Resources3.8
- Critical Thinking3.6
- Active Listening3.6
- Time Management3.6
- Coordination3.6
- Reading Comprehension3.5
- Monitoring3.5
- Judgment and Decision Making3.4
- Social Perceptiveness3.3
- Writing3.1
- Active Learning3.1
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Skill coverage
0%
0 of 16 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
16
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Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management of Personnel Resources | 3.8 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Speaking | 3.9 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Time Management | 3.6 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.6 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.5 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Monitoring | 3.5 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Coordination | 3.6 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Active Listening | 3.6 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.4 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.3 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Persuasion | 3.1 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Writing | 3.1 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Active Learning | 3.1 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Learning Strategies | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Service Orientation | 3.0 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.0 | 2.8 | Not selected | 2.8 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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