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US
Company size
11-50 employees
Job sector
Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
occupation category
Pest Control Workers
Job type
Contract
Work environment
In person
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- Digs up and burns weeds, or sprays them with herbicides
- Determines if an area may be sensitive to pesticides
- Complies with all company, local/state/federal and OSHA safety regulations
- Cleans work site after completion of job
- Applies pesticides to public roads, electric power lines, pipelines and railways
- Understands the meanings of various signal words on a pesticide label
- Sprays or dusts chemical solutions, powders, or gases into rooms, onto clothing, furnishings, or wood, or over marshlands, ditches, or catch basins
- Uses Web-based applications to search and retrieve information
- Inspects and reports on timber pests
- Understands the difference between a brand name and an active ingredient
- Understands how pesticides affects weather and other climatic conditions; types of terrain, soil or other substrate; presence of fish, wildlife and other non-target organisms; and drainage patterns
- Posts warning signs and lock building doors to secure area to be fumigated
- Understands the relationship of discharge and placement of pesticides to proper use, unnecessary use, and misuse
- Knows how to safely transport pesticides
- Responds to enquiries and complaints
- Inspects interior and exterior of residential and commercial buildings and treat for pests (insects, rats and mice)
- Inspects premises to identify infestation source and extent of damage to property, wall, or roof porosity and access to infested locations
- Modifies environment to manage pests
- Calculates pesticide target size
- Records work activities performed
- Implements pest management plans
- Understands the compatibility, synergism, persistence and animal and plant toxicity of the formulations and the hazards and residues associated with use
- Identifies a suitable mixing and loading area
- Analyzes common features of pest organisms and characteristics of damage needed for pest recognition
- Uses available software to perform research, record keeping, communication (e.g., e[1]mail, word processing programs), data analysis, and interpretation (including simple spreadsheet programs), and reporting tasks
- Recognizes types of pesticides and formulations
- Drives truck equipped with power spraying equipment
- Applies pesticides to standing or running water
- Applies pesticides in and around food handling establishments, human dwellings, schools, hospitals, and industrial establishments including warehouses and grain elevators
- Applies pesticides to include state, federal and other governmental employees who use or supervise the use of pesticides in the control of regulated pests, such as the Mediterranean fruit fly
- Positions and fastens edges of tarpaulins over building, and tapes vents to ensure air-tight environment and to check for leaks
- Understands how to dispose of unwanted pesticides
- Drives to appointments, greets customer and tends to pest control needs with a careful and considered plan
- Knows how to test a pesticide breathing respirator
- Applies pesticides in the production of agricultural crops; animals, such as beef cattle, dairy cattle, swine, sheep, horses, goats, and poultry; forests; ornamental and turf; and seeds
- Understands instructions, warnings, terms, symbols, and other information commonly appearing on pesticide labels; such as classification of the product and whether it is general or restricted
- Observes all safety policies and procedures while utilizing pesticides
- Understands factors which influence effectiveness or lead to such problems as resistance to pesticides
- Determines the proper personal protective equipment required for a pesticide application
- Recommends treatment and prevention methods for pest problems to clients
- Identifies pest development and biology as it relates to controlling pest problems
- Measures area dimensions requiring treatment, calculate fumigant requirements, and estimate cost for service
- Recognizes poisoning symptoms and procedures to follow in case of a pesticide accident
- Determines the most effective spray nozzle for a pesticide application
- Repairs and maintains service equipment
- Calibrates various types of spray equipment
- Cleans and removes blockages from infested areas to facilitate spraying procedures and provides drainage, using brooms, mops, shovels, or rakes
- Uses proper storage to handle and dispose of pesticides and containers
- Identifies the different types of personal protective equipment used in pesticide applications
- Recognizes common pests and damage caused by them
- Studies preliminary reports or diagrams of infested area and determines treatment type required to eliminate and prevent recurrence of infestation
- Understands how to manage pesticide spills
- Applies exterior chemicals to manage and treat for insect and rodent infestations
- Understands the different pesticide record keeping requirements
- Maintains equipment and chemical storage areas
- Conducts independent inspections to identify and determine the best treatment for termite elimination and pest control
- Differentiates the differences among insecticides, herbicides and fungicides
- Uses, maintains, and calibrates different types of equipment and understands the advantages and limitations of each type
- Sets mechanical traps, or place poisonous paste or bait in sewers, burrows, or ditches
- Maintains financial or account records
- Cuts or bores openings in building or surrounding concrete, accesses infested areas, inserts nozzle, and injects pesticide to impregnate ground
- Applies pesticides to control pests having medical and public health importance
- Applies pesticides in residential and commercial dwellings according to manufacturing and EPA regulations
- Identifies the differences between a general and restricted use pesticides
