Profession pesticide mixer

Pesticide mixers operate and maintain machines that mix chemical ingredients in dry or liquid state, in order to produce insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides or herbicides, making sure the end product is according to formula.

Personality Type

• Realistic / Conventional

Knowledge

• Quality criteria for storage facilities

  Quality criteria for storage facilities such as safe locking systems, ventilation, regularly inspected fireproofing systems, etc.

• Environmental policy

  Local, national and international policies dealing with the promotion of environmental sustainability and the development of projects which reduce negative environmental impact and improve the state of the environment.

Skills

• Tend insecticide mixer

  Tend the mixer and equipment used in order to produce insecticides, fungicides or pesticides according to specified formula.

• Monitor environmental parameters

  Check the impact of manufacturing machinery on the environment, analysing temperature levels, water quality and air pollution.

• Monitor valves

  Monitor and accordingly adjust the valves in order to allow a specific amount of liquids (such as ammonia sulfuric acid or viscous soap) or steam into the mixer or machine.

• Feed fertilizer mixer

  Feed the fertiliser mixer with dry materials from the storage hopper by pulling the lever.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB