Identify, remove, pack, transport, or dispose of hazardous materials, including asbestos, lead-based paint, waste oil, fuel, transmission fluid, radioactive materials, contaminated soil, etc. Specialized training and certification in hazardous materials handling or a confined entry permit are generally required. May operate earth-moving equipment or trucks.

Other names for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers: Asbestos Abatement Worker, Asbestos Coverer, Asbestos Remover, Asbestos Worker, Decontamination / Decommissioning Operator (D & D Operator), Field Technician, Hazard Waste Handler, Hazardous Material Specialist, Hazardous Waste Remover, Hazmat Technician (Hazardous Materials Technician), Irradiated Fuel Handler, Nuclear Waste Handler, Radiological Control and Safety Technician, Sampler, Site Worker, Truck Driver, Waste Disposal Attendant, Waste Handling Technician,

• Follow prescribed safety procedures, and comply with federal laws regulating waste disposal methods.
• Record numbers of containers stored at disposal sites, and specify amounts and types of equipment and waste disposed.
• Drive trucks or other heavy equipment to convey contaminated waste to designated sea or ground locations.
• Operate machines and equipment to remove, package, store, or transport loads of waste materials.
• Load and unload materials into containers and onto trucks, using hoists or forklifts.
• Clean contaminated equipment or areas for re-use, using detergents and solvents, sandblasters, filter pumps, and steam cleaners.
• Construct scaffolding or build containment areas prior to beginning abatement or decontamination work.
• Remove asbestos and/or lead from surfaces, using hand and power tools such as scrapers, vacuums, and high-pressure sprayers.
• Unload baskets of irradiated elements onto packaging machines that automatically insert fuel elements into canisters and secure lids.
• Apply chemical compounds to lead-based paint, allow compounds to dry, then scrape the hazardous material into containers for removal and/or storage.
• Identify asbestos, lead, or other hazardous materials that need to be removed, using monitoring devices.
• Pull tram cars along underwater tracks, and position cars to receive irradiated fuel elements; then pull loaded cars to mechanisms that automatically unload elements onto underwater tables.
• Package, store, and move irradiated fuel elements in the underwater storage basin of a nuclear reactor plant, using machines and equipment.
• Organize and track the locations of hazardous items in landfills.
• Operate cranes to move and load baskets, casks, and canisters.
• Manipulate handgrips of mechanical arms to place irradiated fuel elements into baskets.
• Mix and pour concrete into forms to encase waste material for disposal.

• Vacuum cleaners
• Flame ionization analyzers
• Spectrophotometers
• Liquid chromatographs
• Forklifts
• Radiation detectors
• Gas chromatographs
• Gas detector tubes
• Gas detectors
• Water samplers
• Power grinders
• Vacuum cleaners
• Hand sprayers
• Fire retardant apparel
• Hoists
• Hydraulic truck cranes
• Hygrometers
• Infrared spectrometers
• Ladders
• Cargo trucks
• Chemistry test kits or supplies
• Hazardous material protective apparel
• Hazardous material protective apparel
• Light trucks or sport utility vehicles
• Liquid leak detectors
• Hazardous material protective apparel
• Pick or place robots
• Moisture meters
• Respirators
• Radiation detectors
• Notebook computers
• Nut drivers
• Absorbent booms
• Single gas monitors
• Air samplers or collectors
• Personal computers
• Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers
• Air samplers or collectors
• Air samplers or collectors
• Air pollutant samplers
• Air samplers or collectors
• Air sampling pumps
• Air scrubbers
• Radiation detectors
• Sample holders
• Radiation detectors
• Blowers
• Borescope inspection equipment
• Wheel bulldozers
• Reagent kits for use with air samplers
• Protective aprons
• Hazardous material protective footwear
• Hazardous material protective apparel
• Protective coveralls
• Facial shields
• Protective gloves
• Safety hoods
• Hand sprayers
• Hammers
• Multi gas monitors
• Gas detector tubes
• Explosimeters
• Concrete mixers or plants
• Conventional truck cranes
• Pry bars
• Absorbent booms
• Portable data input terminals
• Decontamination shower
• Decontamination shower
• Dehumidifiers
• Desktop computers
• Dosimeters
• Dredgers
• Dust collectors
• Multi gas monitors
• Track excavators
• Eyewashers or eye wash stations
• Filtering machinery
• Hazardous material protective apparel
• pH meters
• pH meters
• Ion analyzers
• Pneumatic sanding machines
• Pneumatic sanding machines
• Reagent kits for use with air samplers
• Positive displacement pumps
• Respiration air supplying self contained breathing apparatus or accessories
• Putty knives
• Radiation detectors
• Radon detectors
• Pick or place robots
• Respirators
• Dredgers
• Safety glasses
• Protective gloves
• Pneumatic sanding machines
• Power sanders
• Scaffolding
• Scrapers
• Screwdrivers
• Hazardous material protective apparel
• Shovels
• Pneumatic sanding machines
• Soil core sampling apparatus
• Soil testing kits
• Pressure or steam cleaners
• Pneumatic sanding machines
• Tablet computers
• Radiation detectors
• Multi gas monitors
• Two way radios
• Utility knives
• Vacuum pumps
• Minivans or vans
• Hazardous material protective apparel
• Air exhausters
• Fans
• Water samplers
• Water samplers
• Winches
• Wire cutters
• Adjustable wrenches
• Spectrofluorimeters or fluorimeters

Word processing software

Presentation software

Spreadsheet software

Data base user interface and query software

Internet browser software