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Overview
Sorter labourers inspect materials on sorting lines, yards or recycling sites, remove the wrong items and keep work areas clean.
In job descriptions, look for waste types, recycling equipment, contamination checks, sorting belts, cleaning duties, protective gear and compliance with waste handling rules.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Sorter labourers work close to the physical recycling stream. The setting can include sorting belts, containers, yard areas and cleaning tasks where correct separation protects the value and safety of recyclable material.
Skills and specializations
Key skills are recognising waste types, sorting quickly and accurately, using recycling equipment, avoiding contamination, handling cleaning agents safely and following site waste procedures.
Salary context
Salary context depends on shift pattern, site size, equipment responsibility, hazardous or contaminated material handling and whether the role includes machine operation or team coordination.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward recycling operative, waste site supervisor, hazardous waste handling, equipment operation or broader environmental services work at larger facilities.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name the material stream, sorting method, protective equipment, cleaning duties and any hazardous waste exposure. Clear adverts distinguish manual sorting from machine operation.
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.
Materials recovery
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is recycling worker.
These 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: 2
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
53-7081.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETRecycling and Reclamation Workers
53-7062.04
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
38.21Materials recovery
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Refuse sorters (9612)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ff8d4065-db44-47c7-a4bd-51b3c306ef70 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 9612.2 |
| ISCO group | 9612 |
| Concept type | Occupation |