Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation

Mix or apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides through sprays, dusts, vapors, soil incorporation or chemical application on trees, shrubs, lawns, or botanical crops. Usually requires specific training and State or Federal certification.

Job Task

• Lifts, pushes, and swings nozzle, hose, and tube to direct spray over designated area.
• Sprays livestock with pesticides.
• Plants grass with seed spreader and operates straw blower to cover seeded area with asphalt and straw mixture.
• Cleans and services machinery to ensure operating efficiency, using water, gasoline, lubricants, and hand tools.
• Fills sprayer tank with water and chemicals, according to formula.
• Connects hoses and nozzles, selected according to terrain, distribution pattern requirements, type of infestation, and velocity.
• Gives driving instructions to truck driver, using hand and horn signals, to ensure complete coverage of designated area.
• Starts motor and engages machinery, such as sprayer agitator and pump.
• Covers area to specified depth, applying knowledge of weather conditions, droplet size, elevation-to- distance ratio, and obstructions.

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