Hazardous Waste Technician Case Study

1.Hazardous waste technicians experiance working with high risks that can be life threating over time.These toxins can be very dangerous because they are presented in indoor and outdoor facilitys.The training for this job has to be done in order to not jeporizde their life or the enviroment either.Saftely gear for the job can require a full body wear for protection.Which contain eye gear, gloves and fully self-contained suit depending on the level of toxcitiy at the site.The use of monitoring equitment allows the workers to know if they are exposed to high level toxins.When waste has been buried, it has to be dug or pumped out. Technicians use boring rigs, pumps, and toxicity test monitors.Sometimes they may also spend some of their time in laboratories running tests and interpreting data on toxins.This job can be dangerous but also benefiting in paid vacations,paid holidays,health insurance,and life insurance.Paying about 16$ a hour and about 35,000$ a year.Technicians can continue training during their career and eventually become a supervistor or a director of a hazardoues waste plant.They dont have to have any experiance entering these jobs because the government is always finding ways to meet saflety regulations.The government …show more content…
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