Job Description & How to Apply Below
Opening: PEST CONTROLLER CONTRACTOR SUPPORT (PESTCS) – VARIOUS LOCATIONS
Location: Various Locations Hours: Monday-Friday, 40 hours per week
Pay: TBD
Benefits: Direct Deposit; Medical, Dental, Vision
Minimum Requirements: Requires a high school diploma or its equivalent and at least 5 – 10 years of experience in the field. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of complicated tasks. May report directly to a supervisor or manager. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. The PESTCS shall have the ability to drive a motorized vehicle and possess a valid California “C” driver’s license.
Experience Requirements:
The PESTCS independently works with a wide variety of insect, vertebrate, and plant pests including those not commonly recognized and often hard to find. Utilizing suitable Integrated Pest Management (IPM) control methods to reduce and control hazards to public health, stored products, structures, and vegetation the employee selects, mixes, and applies restricted and general use pesticides.
The PESTCS independently plans work sequences and conducts trouble-shooting inspections of buildings and grounds for evidence of conditions conducive to damage and infestation by insects, rodents, predatory animals, and other pests. Work may include monitoring contractor quality control and compliance and preparation of estimates for bid purposes.
The PESTCS must be cognizant of control procedures for controlling common pests within commercial facilities.
The PESTCS will utilize a large number of insecticides, rodenticides, herbicides and fumigants. Effective controls will be utilized to eliminate pests, with care taken not to endanger property, personnel or natural habitants of animals indigent to the area being controlled. Extreme care and responsibility must be exercised when controlling pests at Child Development Centers and recreation areas due to the presence of children, support personnel and pets.
The PESTCS works in tandem with the Pest Control supervisor to plan daily, weekly, and monthly work schedules and sequence of operations for the shop’s pest control workforce in accordance with standard business practices, established processes or special instructions. Plans the most efficient usage of chemicals in accordance to EPA regulations and equipment / manpower availability to perform the work safely and economically.
Coordinates the annual leave schedule with the shop supervisors to ensure adequate coverage by shop personnel for both routine and emergency work. Ensures the shop has enough equipment and chemicals at all times to respond to any situation or emergency. Performs lays out functions and coordinates the distribution / integration of operations among the work areas and employees, based on established priorities and schedules, production and workload requirements, and the availability of equipment and manpower.
The PESTCS performs periodical reviews of pest control work orders to determine if schedules are being maintained as required; takes corrective action where anomalies are found. In the absence of the shop supervisor, assigns work according to manpower, equipment, and chemical availability, weather conditions and other contributing factors
The PESTCS resolves onsite working problems and takes necessary corrective actions to overcome such delays and bottlenecks, equipment breakage and shortages of equipment and/or manpower.
Inspects work in progress / completed work to ensure the delivery of proper efficient and safe operations in support of client requests.
Keeps workload manager advised of progress of work, technical and personal problems encountered, needs for additional equipment, recruitment of new personnel, and the need for adjusting time schedules.
The PESTCS coordinates all pest control work with housing, mess halls, clubs, offices, and Public Works Departments.
Collaborates with PWD Project Managers and Planning & Estimators to develop estimates / schedules for termite and roach jobs with FAR shops and other shops that may be involved in the rehabilitation of structures.
Major Duties:
The PESTCS must have knowledge of advanced principles and procedures of Integrated Pest Management including chemical control, precise surveys, and parasite and predator usage, for example, by introducing mosquito-eating fish into aquatic areas, and chemical lures for the control of moth breeding.
Ability to locate and identify pests in stored products in warehouses and commissaries, and to plan and to carry out appropriate pest control measures. Knowledge of the physical characteristics, lifecycles, and feeding habits of a wide variety of pests.
Skill in the collection and identification of disease carriers, such as different types of mosquitoes, lice, fleas, scorpions, wasps, fire ants, poisonous snakes, raccoons, and bats. Knowledge of ornamental and ground cover plant diseases and pests to detect and identify the causes of leaf spot, brown patch, cinch bugs, grub worms, etc.
Ability to use algebra and arithmetic and selected formulas involving area, volume, and diluent measurements to compute proper pesticide applications.
Tel: 310-756-1560
Fax: 310-756-1562
The PESTCS shall work alone or with other workers to perform simple or complex tasks while following appropriate and safe procedures.
Responsible for reporting to workload manager all discrepancies or unsatisfactory performance of equipment as well as unsafe conditions. Must be familiar and comply with all safety regulations. Must wear appropriate safety equipment.
Visual and sensory perception along with hand-eye coordination is required to operate equipment, detect deficiencies and make repairs; diagnose problems; and make installment of devices, equipment, parts, etc.
The PESTCS shall have a good familiarity of NAVFAC SW Safety and Health Requirement manual, instructions, agency equipment regulations and directives.
To apply: Please submit an employment application using the Apply Online Box below or by fax to (310) 756-1562.
Position Requirements
Skills / Industry Qualifications Required:
Skill in pesticide and toxic chemical disposal including the proper use of safety procedures; in poison baiting techniques such as using zinc phosphate bait for rodent control; in proper discharge of milky-spore disease for control of Japanese beetles; and in techniques used to trap wild animals such as raccoons.
Skill in the use of spraying and dusting equipment which requires (1) using appropriate formulas and guidelines to insure proper balance of pesticides and (2) the selection of equipment and setting of controls to allow for wind, terrain, and population conditions.
Knowledge of Federal and state laws and requirements which deal with the mixing, application, and disposal of restricted use pesticides.
Broad knowledge of pesticide toxicity, chemical solutions, and baits.
Ability to interpret building plans and blueprints to locate and avoid building structural supports, electrical wiring, ventilation ducts, etc., when planning applications within the walls, ceilings, or floors of buildings.
Skill in using masonry boring equipment and structural injectors to gain access to internal or subterranean spaces for such applications as termite control. Ability to use wrenches, pliers, screw drivers, and similar hand tools to perform operator maintenance on application equipment. They change nozzles, valves, and hoses, adjust and calibrate nozzle settings, and lubricate motors, pumps, and agitators.
Education Level Required:
High School
Experience Required to qualify for consideration:
5 to 6 Years
Contact Information
Contact Name:
Human Potential Consultants
Contact Phone:
310-756-1560
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