Nursery Assistant

Pest control officers investigate the presence of pests that are hazardous to public health or cause nuisance, lay traps to capture pests and treat areas of infestation.

Main Tasks

• receives reports from public, property owners and authorities regarding the presence of pests and infestation
• visits sites to investigate the presence of rodents, infestations and other pests that may be hazardous to public healt
• lays traps to capture pests, and fumigates and disinfects areas to remove infestation
• advises property owners on courses of action to prevent the return of pest
• liaises with environmental health officers, housing officers and other relevant authorities where measures on a large scale are required to remove pest
• returns to sites to examine contents of traps laid and the continued presence of reported pest
• treats wood for effects of termites, woodworm and other infestations of timbe

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