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Pest Control Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
On-siteSalt Lake City, UT$28.8 – $33.6/hrApply by May 26, 2026Pest ControllingESFJINFJISFJISTJHealthcare
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The position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), at the Salt Lake City Healthcare (VISN 19) VA Medical Center (VAMC) in the Environmental Management Service. The primary purpose of this position is to prevent and control the entrance of pests and predators and eradicate infestations within all facilities. Integrated Pest Management is a preventative, long-term, low toxicity means of controlling pests.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but are not limited to the following: Responsible for planning, implementing, and carrying out a comprehensive Integrated Pest Management Program.
- →Plans work required, reviews and acts upon complaints received, documents treatment provided, develops treatment schedules, and selects proper materials and equipment.
- →Selects, mixes, and applies restricted and general use pesticides necessary for treatment.
- →Incumbent conducts inspections of buildings and grounds.
- →Develops survey and treatment schedules for these areas and selects materials and equipment to apply insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, germicides, etc.
- →Interprets building plans and blueprints to locate and avoid building structural supports, electrical wiring, ventilation ducts, etc., when planning applications within the walls, ceilings, or floors of buildings.
- →Collects and identifies common pests including ants, flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, mice, rats, and birds.
- →Identifies seasonal pests such as mites, fleas, ticks, lawn garden pests, and termites.
- →Utilizes suitable Integrated Pest Management (IPM) control methods to reduce and control hazards to public health, stored products, structures, and vegetation.
- →Selects, mixes, and applies restricted and general use pesticides to control a wide variety of insect, vertebrate, and plant pests including those not commonly recognized and often hard to find.
- →Locates and identifies pests in stored products; determines the appropriate pesticide toxicity, chemical solutions, baits, physical characteristics, lifecycles, and feeding habits associated with a wide variety of pests; and plans and carries out appropriate pest control measures.
- →Maintains data on infestations, type of treatment applied, results achieved, and existing conditions which may encourage infestation.
- →Responsible for pest control equipment use, maintenance and calibration.
- →Must understand potential environmental consequences precipitated by weather; types of terrain, soil or other substrate; drainage patterns; and presence of wildlife and nontarget organisms.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Pre-employment physical required Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: e6e5195f-0607-4193-b67c-91bb5ee59870
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