Job Description:

• 1) Locates and exterminates plant and tree pests and diseases: Searches fields, brush, trees, and warehouses to locate plant pests, such as witchweed, boll weevil, Japanese beetle, soybean cyst nematode, fire ant, gypsy moth, white-fringed beetles, and army worms.

• 2) Mixes exterminating agents, such as herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides, according to type of infection or infestation to be treated.

• 3) Applies exterminating agents, using spray equipment.

• 4) Destroys clusters of gypsy-moth eggs by painting or spraying clusters with creosote.

• 5) Collects samples of infected soil or plants for laboratory analysis.

• 6) Marks infested area to determine effectiveness of treatment.

• 7) May specialize in treatment of one type of infestation, such as gypsy moth or witchweed.