Shunt Operator
Core
Operating a shunter to move equipment trailers and perform material handling operations within a metal recycling yard.
Role type
Shunt Operator
Builds
Material handling and transport of ferrous and non-ferrous materials
Domain
Metal recycling / Industrial material handling
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Heavy manual transmission truck operation, material identification testing, physical inventory counting, machine maintenance (greasing/washing), weight recording
Preferred skills
Bilingualism, occupational health and safety awareness, priority management
Technologies
Shunter, magnets
Responsibilities
Receiving metal and transporting it to appropriate locations, unloading trucks and verifying material quality, delivering car bodies and ferrous materials to the shredder loading area, transporting bins containing non-ferrous materials, performing material identification tests, assessing unsaleable material cuts, taking physical inventory counts, recording weights of material upon arrival and departure, greasing machine parts, washing the machine