Overview & Salary
Overview
Supervise curbside and drop-off recycling programs for municipal governments or private firms.
On the job, you would:
- 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.
Education
- high school diploma/GED
- bachelor's degree
Salary
Annual 10th percentile $39,440
Annual median $60,510
Annual 90th percentile $92,140
Knowledge & Skills
Knowledge
Business
- customer service
- management
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Skills
Basic Skills
- talking to others
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Social
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
- understanding people's reactions
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
Personality & Abilities
Personality
Enterprising
People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
- Cooperation
- Dependability
- Leadership
- Attention to Detail
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Independence
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- use rules to solve problems
- order or arrange things