Overview

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Day-to-Day

• Operate automated or semi-automated hoisting devices that raise refuse bins and dump contents into openings in truck bodies.
• Inspect trucks prior to beginning routes to ensure safe operating condition.
• Drive trucks, following established routes, through residential streets or alleys or through business or industrial areas.
• Operate equipment that compresses collected refuse.
• Dump refuse or recyclable materials at disposal sites.

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