Skills
31 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
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Essential skills / competences
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Optional knowledge
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Optional skills / competences
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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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Open in Job ExplorerWhat 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.
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Occupation group
Building structure cleaners (7133)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c0ec3a06-1dac-4c21-9f08-4c9dfbc9d6cf |
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| ESCO code | 7133.5 |
| ISCO group | 7133 |
| Concept type | Occupation |