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Overview
Decontamination workers remove, store and dispose of hazardous materials such as contaminated soil or radioactive material from structures and sites.
In job descriptions, look for protective equipment, contamination assessment, decontamination techniques, surface disinfection, hazardous waste handling, soil and water protection and safety procedures.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Decontamination work happens on sites where material, surfaces or soil may be unsafe to handle without controls. The work can include assessing contamination, setting up protection and removing hazardous material.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes protective equipment checks, decontamination techniques, disinfecting surfaces, storing contaminated material, hazardous waste treatment and soil or water protection.
Salary context
Salary context depends on hazard type, protective gear, travel to sites, emergency work, waste handling responsibility and whether the role includes assessment as well as removal.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward site lead, hazardous waste specialist, environmental remediation technician, safety coordinator, contamination assessment or soil and water protection work.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name asbestos, soil, radioactive material or other hazards, required protective equipment, waste transport, decontamination methods, site documentation and emergency response.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Remediation activities and other waste management service activities
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is asbestos abatement worker.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
47-4041.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
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These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
39.0Remediation activities and other waste management service activities38.31Incineration without energy recovery38.32Landfilling or permanent storage38.22Energy recovery
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Building structure cleaners (7133)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c0ec3a06-1dac-4c21-9f08-4c9dfbc9d6cf |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7133.5 |
| ISCO group | 7133 |
| Concept type | Occupation |