Description
Apply or release chemical solutions or toxic gases and set traps to kill or remove pests and vermin that infest buildings and surrounding areas.
- • Record work activities performed.
- • Inspect premises to identify infestation source and extent of damage to property, wall, or roof porosity and access to infested locations.
- • Spray or dust chemical solutions, powders, or gases into rooms, onto clothing, furnishings, or wood, or over marshlands, ditches, or catch basins.
- • Clean work site after completion of job.
- • Direct, or assist other workers in, treatment or extermination processes to eliminate or control rodents, insects, or weeds.
- • Drive truck equipped with power spraying equipment.
- • Post warning signs and lock building doors to secure area to be fumigated.
- • Cut or bore openings in building or surrounding concrete, access infested areas, insert nozzle, and inject pesticide to impregnate ground.
- • Study preliminary reports or diagrams of infested area and determine treatment type required to eliminate and prevent recurrence of infestation.
- • Set mechanical traps, or place poisonous paste or bait in sewers, burrows, or ditches.
- • Clean and remove blockages from infested areas to facilitate spraying procedures and provide drainage, using brooms, mops, shovels, or rakes.
- • Recommend treatment and prevention methods for pest problems to clients.
- • Measure area dimensions requiring treatment, calculate fumigant requirements, and estimate cost for service.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
