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Hazardous Materials Removal Workers

  • Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

Tasks

What tasks do Hazardous Materials Removal Workers perform?

  • Build containment areas prior to beginning abatement or decontamination work.

  • Remove asbestos or lead from surfaces, using hand or power tools such as scrapers, vacuums, or high-pressure sprayers.

  • Identify asbestos, lead, or other hazardous materials to be removed, using monitoring devices.

  • Prepare hazardous material for removal or storage.


Knowledge

What do Hazardous Materials Removal Workers need to know?

  • 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.

  • Administration and Management

    Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

  • Transportation

    Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.


Skills

What skills do Hazardous Materials Removal Workers need?

  • Monitoring

    Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

  • Critical Thinking

    Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

  • Operation and Control

    Controlling operations of equipment or systems.



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