pest control technician
Education:
Other trades certificate or diploma. or equivalent experience.
Asset languages:
- Hindi.
- Urdu.
- Panjabi; Punjabi.
Work site environment:
- Non-smoking.
- Confined spaces.
- At heights.
Tasks:
- Inspect buildings and outside areas to detect signs of infestation.
- Provide estimate of costs.
- Determine type of treatment required.
- Prepare and spray chemical mixture on infested areas.
- Fumigate households.
- Place and set traps to capture and remove animals.
- Install animal control barriers to keep animals off property.
- Clean out areas that harbour pests.
- Advise clients on how to prevent pest infestation.
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :
Provincial Pesticide Applicator Licence.
Equipment and machinery experience:
- Animal traps.
- Electrical sprayers.
- Mechanical sprayer.
- Needle strips.
- Netting devices.
Security and safety:
- Criminal record check.
- Driver's validity licence check.
Transportation/travel information:
- Valid driver's licence.
- Vehicle supplied by employer.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Physically demanding.
- Attention to detail.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Handling heavy loads.
Personal suitability:
- Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
Screening questions:
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.
Employment terms options:
- Evening.
- Morning.
- On call.
Experience:
Experience an asset.
Employment terms options:
To be determined.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime available.
Workplace information:
On the road job.
Financial benefits:
- As per collective agreement.
- Commission.
Other benefits:
- Free parking available.
- Learning/training paid by employer.
- Other benefits.
- Team building opportunities.