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JOB DESCRIPTION
Post Title:
Recycling Depot
Chargehand
Post Ref. No’s.:
Level:
Current Grade Scp 8
Proposed Grade G03
Environment
Location:
Gofer, Abergele
Directorate:
Chief Executive
Senior Waste
Management Officer
Responsible for:
(Staff)
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Department/
Service:
Responsible
to:
Job Purpose
Day to day supervision of staff and operations at Recycling Depot
Duties and Responsibilities - Job Specific
1. Carry out day to day supervision of operations at the Recycling Depot, including
allocation of staff, vehicles and plant to daily tasks.
2. Control access to site and manage the intake, bulking, baling and storage of
recyclable and non-recyclable materials.
3. Arrange and co-ordinate transport of recyclable and non-recyclable materials from
the Depot to reprocessing and disposal sites, ensuring that accurate records are
maintained for the transfer.
4. Maintain accurate and organised records of weighbridge tickets and waste transfer
notes in compliance with Controlled Waste Regulations 1992 and Environmental
Protection Act 1990.
5. Responsible for the management of Health and Safety at Work, ensuring safe
working practices are followed at all times and carrying out risk assessments as
necessary.
6. Monitor the condition of vehicles, plant and equipment, ensuring that defects are
reported in accordance with procedure, liaising with the transport section regarding
vehicle servicing and availability.
7. Responsible for induction of staff to job roles and safe working practices and
induction of visitors to site rules and procedures.
8. Assist the Senior Waste Management Officer and Bring Site Team Leader to
coordinate services that operate from Recycling Depots including the bring site
service, community skips, event recycling, cage service, clinical waste collections
and any other service as required..
9. Maintain a safe and clean working environment and ensure that all visitors to the site
comply with site rules and regulation.
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Duties and Responsibilities - Corporate
1. To be responsible for establishing good working relationships both internally and
externally.
2. Compliance with the Authority’s Policies and Procedures and to make known to Senior
Officers any areas which are not adequately covered.
3. To participate actively in supporting the Authority’s principles and practices of equality of
opportunity as laid down within the Equal Opportunities Policy.
4. To be responsible for the application of Health & Safety practices within the daily
operations, sharing a common responsibility for Health & Safety across the department,
directorate and Authority as a whole.
5. Employees will be required to give certain information relating to themselves in order
that the Authority may properly carry out its duties, rights and obligations as an
employer. The Authority will process and control such data principally for personnel,
administrative and payroll purposes.
6. As a term of your employment and in order to maintain effective departmental
operations, you may be required to undertake any other reasonable task, commensurate
with your grade, as determined by your Line Manager or Head of Service.
Review Date/Right to Vary
This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties. The Authority reserves the
right, after appropriate consultation with you, to vary your duties and responsibilities within the
parameters of your grade and occupational competence in order to respond to changes in the
needs of the service.
Signed by: …………………………………………. Date: ………………..
Employee’s Name and Signature
Approved by
Head of Service: ………………………………….. Date: ………………..
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Post: Recycling Depot Charge Hand
Factor
Knowledge
& Skills
Date: December 2009
How
Identified
Rank
E- Essential
D – Desirable
A-Advantageous
Educated to GCSE level
AF/V
D
Machine Operation Competence
Certificates in the use of: Excavator,
Loading Shovel, JCB, Telehandler.
AF/V
E
Proven ability to supervise a small
team.
AF/V
E
Excellent understanding of site health &
safety issues.
AF/I
E
Experience and understanding of waste
management operations..
AF/I
E
V
D
AF/I
D
AF/I/R
E
Ability to provide instruction and
guidance to team members
AF/I/
E
Ability to recommend improvements to
the service based on knowledge and
understanding of site operations.
I /R
D
AF/I/R
E
Requirements
Ability to communicate effectively
Welsh
Understanding of Microsoft Office and
the ability to Word, Excel, Outlook and
the internet.
Supervision &
Management
Creativity &
Innovation
Well-organised and responsible with
proven ability to work unsupervised.
Proven ability to work within a team.
Contacts &
Relationships
Engage confidently and enthusiastically
with council staff, elected members and
private contractors.
I/R
E
Decisions/
Recommendations
Communicate recommendations for
change to the Site Manager.
AF/I
D
Resources
Full Driving Licence
V
E
Physical
Demands
The post involves working both indoors
and outdoors and the applicant must
therefore be prepared to work in
inclement weather.
AF/I
E
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Please Note: In order to be shortlisted for this post you will need to demonstrate that you meet
all the criteria ranked as E - Essential.
Identification of the requirements will be through the Application Form (AF), Interview (I), Test at
interview (T), Presentation at interview (P), Verification (V) or through a Reference (R)
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