Profession pesticides sprayer

Pesticides sprayers mix pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, and other chemical solutions, and apply them via technical equipment such as sprayers on trees, plants and lawns. They clean and maintain operating machinery and ensure the overall safety in designated areas.

Personality Type

• Enterprising / Realistic
• Realistic / Conventional

Knowledge

• Herbicides

  Types of chemical characteristics of herbicides and their adverse human and environmental effects.

• Pesticides

  Types of chemical characteristics of pesticides and their adverse human and environmental effects.

• Pesticides sprayers

  Types of equipment used to spray pesticides, manipulated both manually, such as hand-operated rotary and drop spreaders, and mechanically.

• Safe use of pesticides

  Precautions and regulations concerning the transport, storage and handling of chemical substances that exterminate pests.

• Chemical products

  The offered chemical products, their functionalities, properties and legal and regulatory requirements.

• European pesticide legislation

  The EU framework for community action which promotes the sustainable use of pesticides.

Skills

• Use personal protection equipment

  Make use of protection equipment according to training, instruction and manuals. Inspect the equipment and use it consistently.

• Dispose of hazardous waste

  Dispose of dangerous materials such as chemical or radioactive substances according to environmental and to health and safety regulations.

• Avoid contamination

  Avoid the mixing or contamination of materials.

• Spray pesticides

  Spray pesticide solutions to keep insects, fungus, weed growth, and diseases under control.

• Complete report sheets of activity

  Keep written records of the service provided on a regular or punctual basis, with explicit hours of work performed and signature.

• Handle chemical products for soil and plants

  Handle chemical products for soil and plants includes cleaning the equipment used for spreading and spraying, mixing of chemicals, preparing pesticides and herbicides for spraying, preparing fertilisers for spreading.

• Perform pest control

  Carry out crop spraying pest and disease operations in line with National industry and customer requirements. Carry out slurry and fertiliser spreading in accordance with local environmental regulations

• Perform safety inspections on spraying equipment

  Conduct regular checks on all spraying equipment in order to make sure it is functioning properly.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB