Collect and dump refuse or recyclable materials from containers into truck. May drive truck.

Other names for Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors: Collector, Commercial Front Load Driver, Disposal Man, Disposal Worker, Driver, Dumpman, Front Load Trash Truck Driver, Front Loader Residential Driver, Garbage Collector, Garbage Man, Garbage or Trash Collection Sanitation Engineer, Garbage Person, Garbage Pick Up Man, Garbage Pick Up Worker, Garbage Truck Helper, Garbage Worker, Heavy Equipment Operator, Junkman, Limb Driver, Rear Load Truck Driver, Recycle Driver, Recycling Technician, Refuse Collector, Refuse Driver, Residential Recycle Driver, Roll-Off Container Truck Driver, Rolloff Truck Driver, Rubbish Collector, Sanitation Laborer, Sanitation Truck Driver, Sanitation Worker, Scrap Metal Collector, Solid Waste Collector, Swamper, Thrower, Trash Collector, Trash Man, Trashman, Truck Driver, Waste Collector, Wasteman,

• Inspect trucks prior to beginning routes to ensure safe operating condition.
• Refuel trucks and add other necessary fluids, such as oil.
• Fill out any needed reports for defective equipment.
• Drive to disposal sites to empty trucks that have been filled.
• Drive trucks along established routes through residential streets and alleys, or through business and industrial areas.
• Operate equipment that compresses the collected refuse.
• Operate automated or semi-automated hoisting devices that raise refuse bins and dump contents into openings in truck bodies.
• Dismount garbage trucks to collect garbage and remount trucks to ride to the next collection point.
• Communicate with dispatchers concerning delays, unsafe sites, accidents, equipment breakdowns, and other maintenance problems.
• Keep informed of road and weather conditions to determine how routes will be affected.
• Tag garbage or recycling containers to inform customers of problems such as excess garbage or inclusion of items that are not permitted.
• Clean trucks and compactor bodies after routes have been completed.
• Sort items set out for recycling and throw materials into designated truck compartments.
• Organize schedules for refuse collection.
• Provide quotes for refuse collection contracts.