Getting a Job in Sanitation
Job Basics: Getting the Job You Need
There are many viable, secure, and rewarding careers available to those with little or no postsecondary education. Sanitation is one of those industries, and readers will be introduced to it in full here. Revealing the wide range of activities within the industry--going well beyond garbage pick-up and hauling to recycling, snow removal, storm cleanup, and even disaster relief efforts--readers will gain a new respect for and greater understanding of sanitation work. Essential information regarding testing and training requirements, job search and interview strategies, public vs. private employment, workplace expectations, etiquette, and benefits is also provided. In addition to opening an exciting career path to those who may feel they have few options, this resource also meets the career preparedness aspect of the Common Core Curriculum Standards for the reading of informational texts.
* Reviews *
Book review:
Getting a Job in Sanitation.
"While young children are fascinated by
big, noisy trash trucks, teens might be reticent to consider a career in
sanitation. But in this volume of the Job Basics: Getting the Job You Need
series, Meyer focuses on the physical laborers who provide communities with
vital sanitation services... She discusses education requirements, ... job search
techniques, application process, interview cues, and training ... a valuable
resource."
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J. B. Petty, Booklist
