# 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.

- Code: 37-3012.00 (O*NET-SOC; SOC 2018 37-3012)
- Family: [Building & Grounds](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations#family-37), one of its 10 occupations
- Tasks: 10 tasks (8 core and 2 supplemental)
- Page: https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/37-3012.00
- JSON: https://foundation.org.ai/data/tasks/37-3012.00.json

## What the work is made of

1. Mix pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides for application to trees, shrubs, lawns, or botanical crops.  
   Core task · Task 11228 · Rated by 81 people who do the job, July 2015
2. Fill sprayer tanks with water and chemicals, according to formulas.  
   Core task · Task 11227 · Rated by 80 people who do the job, July 2015
3. Lift, push, and swing nozzles, hoses, and tubes to direct spray over designated areas.  
   Core task · Task 11230 · Rated by 80 people who do the job, July 2015
4. Identify lawn or plant diseases to determine the appropriate course of treatment.  
   Core task · Task 20762 · Rated by 79 people who do the job, July 2015
5. Cover areas to specified depths with pesticides, applying knowledge of weather conditions, droplet sizes, elevation-to-distance ratios, and obstructions.  
   Core task · Task 11229 · Rated by 80 people who do the job, July 2015
6. Start motors and engage machinery, such as sprayer agitators or pumps or portable spray equipment.  
   Core task · Task 11231 · Rated by 80 people who do the job, July 2015
7. Connect hoses and nozzles selected according to terrain, distribution pattern requirements, types of infestations, and velocities.  
   Core task · Task 11232 · Rated by 81 people who do the job, July 2015
8. Clean or service machinery to ensure operating efficiency, using water, gasoline, lubricants, or hand tools.  
   Core task · Task 11233 · Rated by 81 people who do the job, July 2015
9. Provide driving instructions to truck drivers to ensure complete coverage of designated areas, using hand and horn signals.  
   Supplemental task · Task 11234 · Rated by 80 people who do the job, July 2015
10. Plant grass with seed spreaders, and operate straw blowers to cover seeded areas with mixtures of asphalt and straw.  
   Supplemental task · Task 11235 · Rated by 78 people who do the job, July 2015

## More in Building & Grounds

- [Building Cleaning Workers, All Other](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/37-2019.00): no tasks listed
- [First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/37-1011.00): 26 tasks
- [First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/37-1012.00): 28 tasks
- [Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/37-3019.00): no tasks listed
- [Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/37-2011.00): 21 tasks
- [Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/37-3011.00): 26 tasks
- [Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/37-2012.00): 20 tasks
- [Pest Control Workers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/37-2021.00): 13 tasks
- [Tree Trimmers and Pruners](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/37-3013.00): 24 tasks

## Where this comes from

Quoted from O*NET 29.0, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, under CC BY 4.0: free to copy and reuse, with credit. Nothing on this page is written by the Org.AI Foundation.