industrial waste inspector

Description

Industrial waste inspectors conduct controls in companies to ensure they comply with waste and environmental regulations. They check the documentation related to waste management, they collect samples for analysis and observe the industrial practices. They may advise or preventive or corrective actions to improve industrial waste management and disposal.

Hierarchy

Related skills

• chemistry (essential · knowledge)
• collect samples for analysis (essential · skill/competence)
• ensure compliance with environmental legislation (essential · skill/competence)
• ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations (essential · skill/competence)
• environmental engineering (essential · knowledge)
• environmental legislation (essential · knowledge)
• issue penalties to violators of the sanitation code (essential · skill/competence)
• label samples (essential · skill/competence)
• manage health and safety standards (essential · skill/competence)
• quality assurance procedures (essential · knowledge)
• waste management (essential · knowledge)
• write inspection reports (essential · skill/competence)
• advise on waste management procedures (optional · skill/competence)
• biology (optional · knowledge)
• communicate with external laboratories (optional · skill/competence)
• develop environmental remediation strategies (optional · skill/competence)
• develop hazardous waste management strategies (optional · skill/competence)
• develop non-hazardous waste management strategies (optional · skill/competence)
• hazardous waste storage (optional · knowledge)
• hazardous waste treatment (optional · knowledge)
• hazardous waste types (optional · knowledge)
• inspect compliance with hazardous waste regulations (optional · skill/competence)
• inspect sewers (optional · skill/competence)
• inspect waste disposal facilities (optional · skill/competence)
• investigate complaints about improper waste handling (optional · skill/competence)
• issue licences (optional · skill/competence)
• lead inspections (optional · skill/competence)
• measure water quality parameters (optional · skill/competence)
• perform laboratory tests (optional · skill/competence)
• provide advice on breaches of regulation (optional · skill/competence)
• record test data (optional · skill/competence)
• review waste-treatment facilities construction plans (optional · skill/competence)
• test samples for pollutants (optional · skill/competence)

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