Sanitary Landfill Operator
- Exam
- No exam
- Education
- Specific course
- Experience
- None
- Background check
- Not reported
Sanitary landfill operators control processes and equipment to dispose by burial municipal, non-hazardous industrial and construction/demolition wastes in permitted sanitary landfills. They maintain and operate compactors, bulldozers, earth movers, cranes, scales and other equipment necessary for the proper functioning of a sanitary landfill; maintain landfill operation records including, but not limited to, ground water quality monitoring results, leachate control system sample results, tonnages accepted, tonnages diverted to alternate solid waste processes, fees paid and quantities disposed via Special Waste Authorization; collect samples from ground water quality and leachate control system monitoring, inspect incoming loads periodically and randomly, reject improperly transported or otherwise prohibited loads and wastes; and, supervise subordinate persons in all of the above functions.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Registry
- Exam
- No exam
- Education
- Specific course required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Certification
- Certification required
- Experience
- No experience
Issuing body
- Department
- Iowa Department of Public Health
- Division
- Management Services Division
- Board
- Board of Physical & Occupational Therapy
- Address
- Land Quality Bureau 502 East 9th Street Des Moines, IA 50319
- Phone
- (515) 725-8308
- Last updated
- June 30, 2021
Occupations (O*NET)
- Sanitary Landfill Operator 51-9192.00
Source and verification
This record is Iowa's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
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