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 crops. Usually requires specific training and state or federal certification.
- Tasks
- 10 tasks8 core, 2 supplemental
- Family
- Building & GroundsOne of its 10 occupations
- Code
- 37-3012.00SOC 2018: 37-3012
What the work is made of
8 core tasks and 2 supplemental, each quoted as published, with the survey it came from.
Core: central to the jobSupplemental: done by some, not all
- Task 1. Mix pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides for application to trees, shrubs, lawns, or botanical crops.Core taskTask 11228Rated by 81 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 2. Fill sprayer tanks with water and chemicals, according to formulas.Core taskTask 11227Rated by 80 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 3. Lift, push, and swing nozzles, hoses, and tubes to direct spray over designated areas.Core taskTask 11230Rated by 80 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 4. Identify lawn or plant diseases to determine the appropriate course of treatment.Core taskTask 20762Rated by 79 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 5. Cover areas to specified depths with pesticides, applying knowledge of weather conditions, droplet sizes, elevation-to-distance ratios, and obstructions.Core taskTask 11229Rated by 80 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 6. Start motors and engage machinery, such as sprayer agitators or pumps or portable spray equipment.Core taskTask 11231Rated by 80 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 7. Connect hoses and nozzles selected according to terrain, distribution pattern requirements, types of infestations, and velocities.Core taskTask 11232Rated by 81 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 8. Clean or service machinery to ensure operating efficiency, using water, gasoline, lubricants, or hand tools.Core taskTask 11233Rated by 81 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 9. Provide driving instructions to truck drivers to ensure complete coverage of designated areas, using hand and horn signals.Supplemental taskTask 11234Rated by 80 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 10. Plant grass with seed spreaders, and operate straw blowers to cover seeded areas with mixtures of asphalt and straw.Supplemental taskTask 11235Rated by 78 people who do the job, July 2015
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- ClassificationStandard Occupational Classification 2018, 37-3012
- LicenseCC BY 4.0Free to copy and reuse, with credit
- Changed by usNothing.
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