Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

1. 01Provide driving instructions to truck drivers to ensure complete coverage of designated areas, using hand and horn signals.
2. 02Record information about pesticide applications, such as the type used and amount applied.
3. 03Mix pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides for application to trees, shrubs, lawns, or botanical crops.
4. 04Start motors and engage machinery, such as sprayer agitators or pumps or portable spray equipment.
5. 05Lift, push, and swing nozzles, hoses, and tubes to direct spray over designated areas.
6. 06Establish driving routes for pesticide applications.
7. 07Clean or service machinery to ensure operating efficiency, using water, gasoline, lubricants, or hand tools.
8. 08Plant grass with seed spreaders, and operate straw blowers to cover seeded areas with mixtures of asphalt and straw.
9. 09Fill sprayer tanks with water and chemicals, according to formulas.
10. 10Identify lawn or plant diseases to determine the appropriate course of treatment.
11. 11Connect hoses and nozzles selected according to terrain, distribution pattern requirements, types of infestations, and velocities.
12. 12Cover areas to specified depths with pesticides, applying knowledge of weather conditions, droplet sizes, elevation-to-distance ratios, and obstructions.

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