Pesticide Handler
- Ideal for those passionate about protecting crops and enhancing plant health.
- Play a crucial role in ensuring safe and effective pest control for agriculture.
- Unique opportunity to work outdoors and apply scientific knowledge practically.
💰 Earn $39K-$51K
📚 High School Diploma or GED
Overview
Mix or apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides through sprays, dusts, vapors, soil incorporation, or chemical application on trees, shrubs, lawns, or crops. Usually requires specific training and state or federal certification.Scoop
High School Diploma or GED
Excellent (Increasing by 5% or more)
Day-to-Day
- 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.
Best For You If...
YOU Like 💕
- Using data or completing tasks
- Working with my hands
You are skilled in 💫
- Active Listening
- Coordination
- Service Orientation
- Social Perceptiveness
- Speaking
You value 🙏
- Having support
- Having freedom
- Job security
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Pesticide Handler
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