Location: Forrest Street Depot, Blantyre Hours: 37.64 hours Hourly Rate: £13.48 - £13.78 South Lanarkshire Council is committed to looking after people and meeting as many of their needs as possible. So, it’s natural that we are particularly focused on helping people find jobs and build careers. Two positions has arisen within South Lanarkshire Council Waste services for a Waste Services Operative (Loader) based at our Blantyre depot. As the successful candidate you will have the ability to undertake a range of skilled refuse collection and recycling duties ensuring compliance with the Environmental Protection Act, Council Policies and Health and safety Legislation. You will provide a quality front line Refuse Collection Service within the local community as well as assisting the driver in the safe manoeuvring of the vehicle on collection routes. To undertake, individually or as part of a team, all duties connected with the removal of domestic waste from a variety of locations, ensuring the safe operation of mechanisms on vehicles and refuse containers and complying with Risk Assessments and Safe Systems of Work. The below information is required, when you are completing the application form. Please attach a supporting document answering each of the questions separately. Provide description of previous experience working in refuse collection and recycling. Provide us with your knowledge of Health and Safety relating to this role. Why good customer care skills are important for a South Lanarkshire Council employee to have. Why you consider yourself to be a suitable candidate for this role, particularly focusing on what skills/attributes you have that would make you a suitable candidate. Why good communication skills are so important for an employee of South Lanarkshire Council to have. Responsibilities To participate in the planning of the daily route according to requests for service and to undertake the completion of related records and paperwork as required. To assess whether recycling waste is contaminated or clean and advise member of the public accordingly, providing appropriate information on recycling scheme. To provide information to members of the public regarding the recycling schemes in operation and advise customers of the full range of services provided by Waste Services. To undertake waste stream identification, i.e. dry recyclables, residual waste, Bulky uplifts, POP’s and fridges etc. to ensure correct disposal. A full Driving Licence is DESIRABLE previous applicants need not apply View the Waste">https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/downloads/file/17274/comm_-_waste_s… Services Operative (Loader) job Profile Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address. Foreign Police Check Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad. Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position. South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position. Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents. https://ars2.equest.com/?response_id13ec8c79eb4ba0492836521147fc87e3&v… ; alt" " width"1" height"1"/>