Water Recycling Operator

Vijay works for Wessex Water on the day to day running of the companies various sites. This includes involvement in water recycling – Vijay has responsibility to maintain and operate various stations and tanks in the process, including any chemical treatment needed.

This involves operating cool machines like telescopic fork lifts and large good vehicle shunters (to lift up and transport skips around site).

Job insight

Official job title: Bioresources Site Operator

Workplace: Vijay works with lots of types of equipment, from the big machinery mentioned above, to screwdrivers and rakes. This type of hands on role follows the engineering route he wants to follow.

Vijay works in a big team of other site operators and mechanics, as well as external people to undertake specialist jobs.

Best bit? “Working outside and being able to manage my time as I go.“

Worst? You guessed it! “Getting covered in digested sludge.”

Vijay is right at the start of his Career

Vijay hopes to continue to expand his knowledge and keep gaining new skills during his apprenticeship and progress up through the business.

Vijay’s top tips for your career: “It is good to listen to feedback from your peers and people higher up as you can learn and adapt from it.”

To get a job in Water Recycling like Vijay’s, after school you could try:

OR perhaps you’d like to be involved in promoting recycling

You could look to becoming a Recycling Engagement Officer.

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Discover your top strengths

Go to WISE “My Skills My Life” and take the personality quiz.

It’s just 15 quick questions and you can see how you match up to Vijay’s strength’s below.

Vijay’s personality strengths:

Coordinator

Investigator

Manager

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