Solid Waste Worker (4 Day Work Week)

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Perform heavy manual labor in refuse collection, collecting garbage and trash.
• Perform vehicle maintenance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills And Physical Abilities Required

• General knowledge of safe work techniques and practices used in solid waste collection.
• Ability to make independent judgments and decisions appropriate to experience.
• Ability to establish and maintain an effective working relationship with employees and the public.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to walk, stand, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk, hear, reach above shoulders, work overhead on ladders and platforms, use fingers and hands with dexterity, and feel and reach with hands and arms.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift up to 80 pounds.

Equipment Used

• Cell phone, telephone, radio.
• CDL Class B and Non-CDL vehicles and hand tools.
• Safety equipment is provided.

Education And Experience Required

• A good driving record, a valid Florida driver’s license, a Class B Commercial Driver License (CDL) with air brakes endorsement and a high school diploma or GED equivalent.