Will “Residential Pest Control Technician” be Automated?

Core Skills & Abilities

• Inspect premises to identify infestation source and extent of damage to property, wall, or roof porosity and access to infested locations.

• Cut or bore openings in building or surrounding concrete, access infested areas, insert nozzle, and inject pesticide to impregnate ground.

• Set mechanical traps, or place poisonous paste or bait in sewers, burrows, or ditches.

• Drive truck equipped with power spraying equipment.

• Direct, or assist other workers in, treatment or extermination processes to eliminate or control rodents, insects, or weeds.

• Post warning signs and lock building doors to secure area to be fumigated.

• Record work activities performed.

• Spray or dust chemical solutions, powders, or gases into rooms, onto clothing, furnishings, or wood, or over marshlands, ditches, or catch basins.

• Recommend treatment and prevention methods for pest problems to clients.

• Clean work site after completion of job.

• Study preliminary reports or diagrams of infested area and determine treatment type required to eliminate and prevent recurrence of infestation.

• Clean and remove blockages from infested areas to facilitate spraying procedures and provide drainage, using brooms, mops, shovels, or rakes.

• Measure area dimensions requiring treatment, calculate fumigant requirements, and estimate cost for service.