- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 4
- Job Duties:
- May include, but not limited to:
-Mix pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides for application to trees, shrubs, lawns, or botanical crops.
-Fill sprayer tanks with water and chemicals, according to formulas. -Lift, push, and swing nozzles, hoses, and tubes to direct spray over designated areas.
-Identify lawn or plant diseases to determine the appropriate course of treatment. -Cover areas to specified depths with pesticides, applying knowledge of weather conditions, droplet sizes, elevation-to-distance ratios, and obstructions.
-Start motors and engage machinery, such as sprayer agitators or pumps or portable spray equipment.
-Connect hoses and nozzles selected according to terrain, distribution pattern requirements, types of infestations, and velocities. -Clean or service machinery to ensure operating efficiency, using water, gasoline, lubricants, or hand tools.
-Provide driving instructions to truck drivers to ensure complete coverage of designated areas, using hand and horn signals.
-Plant grass with seed spreaders, and operate straw blowers to cover seeded areas with mixtures of asphalt and straw.
- Job Classification:
- 37-3012.00 - Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation