A Waste Collector is tasked with collecting and segregating waste, garbage or rubbish from the streets, bins, landfills, material recovery facilities and so on. A Waste Collector collects reusable wastes for recycling an non-reusable wastes for disposal.
Personal Competencies
You are physically fit
You like to help others
You are comfortable communicating with others
You like to have clear instructions to follow
Entry Pathway
Minimum Qualification • After completing class 8 and being 18 years of age you can enrol for National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF)* level 4 Waste collector and segregator training.
* NSQF is a nationally integrated education and competency-based framework that enables persons to acquire desired competency levels in a chosen field. NSQF includes vocational education, vocational training, general education and technical education which prepares an individual for the job market with competent skills. An individual may return at any time to upgrade skills after gaining experience
• Visit the National Scholarship Portal for details on ITI registered with NSP: scholarships.gov.in/fresh/onlineInstituteSearchIndex
• Visit buddy4study.com for details on scholarships for ITI/Vocational Training: buddy4study.com/article/iti-scholarships
*(Availability of these scholarships can vary from time to time)
Where will you work?
Places of Work: Waste Collection Agencies, Waste processing units and so on
Work Environment: You have to work for at least 8 to 9 hours and for 5 to 6 days a week. Shift duties may be there. Overtime is common.
Opportunities for work exist for differently abled in this field
Expected Growth Path
Waste Collector → Process Supervisor
Expected Income
The approx. salary of an Unarmed Security Guard ranges between INR 7,000 - 7,500* per month
Source - https://bit.ly/3m4UEaA *These figures are taken from NCS and are indicative and subject to change
Experts from the field
As Debartha Banerjee, Jayanth Nataraju, and Ritvik Rao set out to change the way waste is handled in India, they had to battle not just ignorance but also apathy. Armed with degrees in engineering and masters in social entrepreneurship, they founded Sampurn(e)arth — a Mumbai-based startup focused on urban waste management. Vijaya Srinivasan, a client, shares that the residents of her neighbourhood were initially very reluctant. They didn't want to go through the whole process of having two separate bags and segregating food at the source. Six months of tireless campaigning later, the efforts of the team are starting to make a difference. Though there is a long way to go to change the perception of people, co-founder and director Debatra Banerjee feels that this change is headed in the correct direction. Sampurn(e)arth also works to provide waste collectors with dignity employing waste collectors to work under proper conditions. They earn more money, thanks to their recycling efforts. Above all, instead of being just ‘waste pickers’, they proudly wear on their sleeve the new title of ‘waste managers.’ Sampurn(e)arth was born out of a feeling of discontent and disenchantment and strived to correct many wrongs and change the mindset of the general population of the country.*
Waste collectors
NCS Code: 9611.0100 | V085Minimum Qualification
• After completing class 8 and being 18 years of age you can enrol for National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF)* level 4 Waste collector and segregator training.
* NSQF is a nationally integrated education and competency-based framework that enables persons to acquire desired competency levels in a chosen field. NSQF includes vocational education, vocational training, general education and technical education which prepares an individual for the job market with competent skills. An individual may return at any time to upgrade skills after gaining experience
Government Institutes
1. National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC): Visit https://www.nsdcindia.org/find-nsdc-training-centre
2. Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS): Visit - https://nsdcindia.org/find-nsdc-training-centre-jss/
3. NIOS training centres: Visit - https://voc.nios.ac.in/registration/locate-study-centre
4. List of NSQF centres: https://aicte-india.org/sites/default/files/Vocational%20institutions%20272%20recommended%20AY%202020-21.pdf
• A majority of government schemes are free
Scholarships
• Visit the National Scholarship Portal for details on ITI registered with NSP: scholarships.gov.in/fresh/onlineInstituteSearchIndex
• Visit buddy4study.com for details on scholarships for ITI/Vocational Training: buddy4study.com/article/iti-scholarships
*(Availability of these scholarships can vary from time to time)
Places of Work: Waste Collection Agencies, Waste processing units and so on
Work Environment: You have to work for at least 8 to 9 hours and for 5 to 6 days a week. Shift duties may be there. Overtime is common.
Opportunities for work exist for differently abled in this field
Waste Collector → Process Supervisor
The approx. salary of an Unarmed Security Guard ranges between INR 7,000 - 7,500* per month
Source - https://bit.ly/3m4UEaA
*These figures are taken from NCS and are indicative and subject to change
Experts from the field
As Debartha Banerjee, Jayanth Nataraju, and Ritvik Rao set out to change the way waste is handled in India, they had to battle not just ignorance but also apathy. Armed with degrees in engineering and masters in social entrepreneurship, they founded Sampurn(e)arth — a Mumbai-based startup focused on urban waste management. Vijaya Srinivasan, a client, shares that the residents of her neighbourhood were initially very reluctant. They didn't want to go through the whole process of having two separate bags and segregating food at the source. Six months of tireless campaigning later, the efforts of the team are starting to make a difference. Though there is a long way to go to change the perception of people, co-founder and director Debatra Banerjee feels that this change is headed in the correct direction. Sampurn(e)arth also works to provide waste collectors with dignity employing waste collectors to work under proper conditions. They earn more money, thanks to their recycling efforts. Above all, instead of being just ‘waste pickers’, they proudly wear on their sleeve the new title of ‘waste managers.’ Sampurn(e)arth was born out of a feeling of discontent and disenchantment and strived to correct many wrongs and change the mindset of the general population of the country.*
Source - https://yourstory.com/2015/03/sampurnearth-waste-management
* The above information is for training purposes only and will not be used for any commercial gains
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