Below are the skills needed to be hazardous materials removal workers according to their importance on the scale of 1 to 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest) and competency level on a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being lowest and 7 being highest).
Skill Name | Importance | Competence |
Monitoring | 3.62 | 3.12 |
Critical Thinking | 3.5 | 3.62 |
Operation and Control | 3.38 | 3 |
Active Listening | 3.25 | 3 |
Operation Monitoring | 3.25 | 3 |
Below are the abilities needed to be hazardous materials removal workers according to their importance on the scale of 1 to 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest) and competency level on a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being lowest and 7 being highest).
Ability Name | Importance | Competence |
Problem Sensitivity | 4 | 4 |
Oral Comprehension | 3.88 | 3.88 |
Control Precision | 3.75 | 3.75 |
Near Vision | 3.62 | 3.25 |
Oral Expression | 3.62 | 3.5 |
Below are the knowledge areas needed to be hazardous materials removal workers according to their importance on the scale of 1 to 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest) and competency level on a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being lowest and 7 being highest).
Knowledge Area | Importance | Competence |
Public Safety and Security | 3.6 | 4.43 |
Administration and Management | 3.46 | 3.65 |
Transportation | 3.41 | 3.62 |
Customer and Personal Service | 3.4 | 3.88 |
Building and Construction | 3.24 | 3.51 |
Below are the work activities involved in being hazardous materials removal workers according to their importance on the scale of 1 to 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest) and competency level on a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest).
Work Activity | Importance | Competence |
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | 4.07 | 4.44 |
Getting Information | 3.95 | 3.37 |
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material | 3.91 | 4.12 |
Performing General Physical Activities | 3.91 | 4.6 |
Handling and Moving Objects | 3.83 | 4.71 |
Below are the work styles involved in being hazardous materials removal workers according to their importance on the scale of 1 to 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest).
Work Style | Importance | |
Cooperation | 4.46 | |
Attention to Detail | 4.43 | |
Dependability | 4.42 | |
Self Control | 4.35 | |
Adaptability/Flexibility | 4.16 |
Listed below are the 10 largest metro areas based on the total number of people employed in Hazardous Materials Removal Workers jobs , as of 2019
Metro Area | Total Employment | Annual Mean Salary |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim | 2,080 | $48,800 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward | 1,700 | $48,770 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | 1,060 | $39,830 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land | 1,010 | $37,840 |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood | 1,000 | $42,510 |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson | 870 | $41,780 |
Kennewick-Richland | 600 | $65,910 |
Pittsburgh | 560 | $49,270 |
Cleveland-Elyria | 560 | $51,010 |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls | 560 | $59,460 |
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Source : 2019 Occupational Employment Statistics and 2018-28 Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics, BLS.gov; O*NET® 24.3 Database, O*NET OnLine, National Center for O*NET Development, Employment & Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, onetonline.org