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Decontamination worker

Other names

environmental decontamination technician, environmental remediation worker, environmental decontamination worker, soil decontamination worker, radio-active decontamination worker, hazardous material decontamination worker

Waste and recycling

Decontamination workers remove and dispose of hazardous materials, such as radioactive materials or contaminated soil.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Remove asbestos or lead from surfaces, using hand or power tools such as scrapers, vacuums, or high-pressure sprayers.

  2. 2

    Build containment areas prior to beginning abatement or decontamination work.

  3. 3

    Prepare hazardous material for removal or storage.

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Sources

Built from 4 sources

Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
agent de décontamination/agente de décontamination
español
operario de descontaminación/operaria de descontaminación
العربية
عامل التطهير / عاملة التطهير
português
Técnico de descontaminação/Técnica de descontaminação
Deutsch
Dekontaminateur/Dekontaminateurin
italiano
operatore nel settore della decontaminazione/operatrice nel settore della decontaminazione

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