9611-Garbage and recycling collectors

Job Title: 

Garbage and recycling collectors

Job Description: 

Garbage collectors collect and remove rubbish and items for recycling from buildings, yards, streets and other places.

Tasks: 

Tasks include

  • collecting rubbish and recyclable materials and locating it into bins and garbage and recycling trucks
  • riding on or in garbage and recycling trucks
  • lifting garbage bins and emptying contents into trucks and larger containers
  • unloading garbage and recycling trucks.
Specific Occupations: 

96111
Collector (garbage/ refuse/ recycling material)/ Dustman

96112
Loader, garbage truck/Dealer, scrap/Labourer, recycling

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Source Of Info: 

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, PSCO-2440