Refuse Route Driver

Inspect trucks prior to beginning routes to ensure safe operating condition.

Make special pickups of recyclable materials, such as food scraps, used oil, discarded computers, or other electronic items.

Organize schedules for refuse collection.

Drive trucks, following established routes, through residential streets or alleys or through business or industrial areas.

Operate automated or semi-automated hoisting devices that raise refuse bins and dump contents into openings in truck bodies.

Operate equipment that compresses collected refuse.

Clean trucks or compactor bodies after routes have been completed.

Communicate with dispatchers concerning delays, unsafe sites, accidents, equipment breakdowns, or other maintenance problems.

Dismount garbage trucks to collect garbage and remount trucks to ride to the next collection point.

Tag garbage or recycling containers to inform customers of problems, such as excess garbage or inclusion of items that are not permitted.

Refuel trucks or add other fluids, such as oil or brake fluid.

Sort items set out for recycling and throw materials into designated truck compartments.

Fill out defective equipment reports.