Pest Control Technician Job Description

Summary

A pest control technician inspects homes and businesses for pests, treats problems and helps customers prevent them. The work is route-based: a day of visits to customer properties, indoors and outdoors.

Say what you treat and how. Recurring home service, termite work and commercial accounts are different jobs with different training.

Duties and responsibilities

• Inspect the property, find signs of pests and explain what you found in plain words.
• Apply treatments exactly as the product label and your written steps require.
• Set traps and bait, and seal or advise on entry points.
• Follow safety steps, including protective gear and safe storage and transport of products.
• Record each visit: what was found, what was applied and what the customer should do next.
• Follow the route and arrive within the scheduled window.
• Answer customers politely, and pass questions you cannot answer to the office.

Skills and qualities

• Careful and methodical, especially around chemicals and customers’ belongings.
• Good observation, so you spot what others miss.
• Friendly and calm with worried customers.
• Comfortable in attics, crawl spaces and tight areas.
• Reliable on a route with set arrival windows.
• Willing to learn about pests, products and safety.

Typical requirements

• A state pesticide applicator license or certification, or a plan and time to earn it under a licensed technician. Rules differ by state.
• A valid driver’s license, since the job involves driving a company vehicle.
• Ability to lift the weight you name, kneel, crawl and work in heat and cold.
• Comfort handling products with proper training and protective equipment.

Requirements differ by state, city and employer. Check the licensing, age, safety and pay rules that apply to your business before you post. This page is a starting point, not legal advice.

Schedule and conditions

Pest control is busiest in warm months in many places. Say whether the job is seasonal or year-round, the usual start time and whether Saturdays are possible.

Explain how routes are set, how many stops a day is typical and how rain and emergency calls are handled.

Nice to have

• Experience in pest control or other route-based service work.
• Customer service or sales experience for add-on services.
• A clean driving record.
• Bilingual communication if your customers need it.

Tips for posting this job

• Name the kind of service: home recurring, termite, commercial or a mix.
• State how licensing works: required at hire or earned with your help.
• Say what the company provides: truck, equipment, uniform, training.
• Describe a typical route and the service area.
• Explain how pay works, including any bonus for new service sold.

Put your real pay, schedule and location in the posting. Candidates skip posts that leave them out.