Job Description
Are you looking for a unique job that offers you...
- Opportunity to work outside
- Fieldwork that lets you make a difference in your community
- A fun and unique experience to learn about mosquitoes
- Work in a supportive team environment
If so, then look no further. Come join our team at Chesapeake Mosquito Control Commission and use your skills and abilities to protect and improve the quality of life for all who live, work and play in our community.
Description: Under general supervision, performs specialized and manual work in connection with mosquito control tasks. Work involves field inspections and pesticide applications to mosquito habitats which include but is not limited to ditches, ponds, BMPs, woodland pools, and catch basins; mosquito habitat management; various forms of source reduction including but not limited to tire pickup and recycling; operation of vehicles and mechanical equipment necessary to complete mosquito control related tasks. This position reports to the District Supervisor and Field Supervisor.
Essential Functions:
The tasks listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional tasks related to the type of work of the class as necessary.
- Works with crews engaged in sources reduction activities and the application of pesticides for the control of mosquitoes, as directed and performs work as a laborer.
- Performs routine field inspections to identify areas of larval and adult mosquito population
- Pesticide application to mosquito habitats during the mosquito season in assigned zones
- Conducts home inspections for citizens to identify the source of the mosquito related problem
- Inventory and maintenance of equipment, supplies, vehicles, and work spaces
- Provide respectful and courteous customer service when interacting with the general public
- Operate Commission vehicles and equipment safely and appropriately
- Operate specialized vehicles including: Larviciding and adulticiding (ULV) trucks, Utility terrain vehicles (UTV's), Dump Truck, Trailer
- Walks and clears numerous ditches and drainage ways of brush, fallen leaves, trees and undergrowth to maintain drainage ways.
- Operates hand tools (such as shovels, pitch forks, weed eaters, chain saws, bush hooks, wheelbarrows, etc.), specialized vehicles and motorized equipment, to maintain drainage ways for the purpose of source reduction.
- Must be familiar with, have detailed knowledge of and independently service at least one larvicide/adulticide zone within 2 months (8 weeks) of the beginning of the mosquito season.
- Works together with a crew to complete work which includes but is not limited to special projects, and large scale pesticide applications.
- Prepares daily work reports and completes additional forms and reports, as required.
- Will be required to work overtime during the mosquito season to perform scheduled nighttime truck spraying, as needed.
- Will be required to assist in training new Mosquito Control Technicians.
- Performs additional tasks in the course of mosquito control operations as directed.
Ideal candidates display the ability to build rapport with the citizens of Chesapeake and co-workers. The ability to work independently as well as be part of a team. Candidates must be willing to demonstrate good decision making skills. Be self-starters, self-motivated and communicate effectively with team and citizens.
If this sounds like an opportunity you are interested in, we invite you to bring your skills and expertise to our team.
Just in case you didn't know the Chesapeake Mosquito Control Commission has great benefits such as:
- Medical and Dental Insurance
- Prescription benefits
- Retirement
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Paid holidays
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Legal Resources
- Wellness program and so much more!
Are you looking for a unique job that offers you...
- Opportunity to work outside
- Fieldwork that lets you make a difference in your community
- A fun and unique experience to learn about mosquitoes
- Work in a supportive team environment
If so, then look no further. Come join our team at Chesapeake Mosquito Control Commission and use your skills and abilities to protect and improve the quality of life for all who live, work and play in our community.
Description: Under general supervision, performs specialized and manual work in connection with mosquito control tasks. Work involves field inspections and pesticide applications to mosquito habitats which include but is not limited to ditches, ponds, BMPs, woodland pools, and catch basins; mosquito habitat management; various forms of source reduction including but not limited to tire pickup and recycling; operation of vehicles and mechanical equipment necessary to complete mosquito control related tasks. This position reports to the District Supervisor and Field Supervisor.
Essential Functions:
The tasks listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional tasks related to the type of work of the class as necessary.
- Works with crews engaged in sources reduction activities and the application of pesticides for the control of mosquitoes, as directed and performs work as a laborer.
- Performs routine field inspections to identify areas of larval and adult mosquito population
- Pesticide application to mosquito habitats during the mosquito season in assigned zones
- Conducts home inspections for citizens to identify the source of the mosquito related problem
- Inventory and maintenance of equipment, supplies, vehicles, and work spaces
- Provide respectful and courteous customer service when interacting with the general public
- Operate Commission vehicles and equipment safely and appropriately
- Operate specialized vehicles including: Larviciding and adulticiding (ULV) trucks, Utility terrain vehicles (UTV's), Dump Truck, Trailer
- Walks and clears numerous ditches and drainage ways of brush, fallen leaves, trees and undergrowth to maintain drainage ways.
- Operates hand tools (such as shovels, pitch forks, weed eaters, chain saws, bush hooks, wheelbarrows, etc.), specialized vehicles and motorized equipment, to maintain drainage ways for the purpose of source reduction.
- Must be familiar with, have detailed knowledge of and independently service at least one larvicide/adulticide zone within 2 months (8 weeks) of the beginning of the mosquito season.
- Works together with a crew to complete work which includes but is not limited to special projects, and large scale pesticide applications.
- Prepares daily work reports and completes additional forms and reports, as required.
- Will be required to work overtime during the mosquito season to perform scheduled nighttime truck spraying, as needed.
- Will be required to assist in training new Mosquito Control Technicians.
- Performs additional tasks in the course of mosquito control operations as directed.
Ideal candidates display the ability to build rapport with the citizens of Chesapeake and co-workers. The ability to work independently as well as be part of a team. Candidates must be willing to demonstrate good decision making skills. Be self-starters, self-motivated and communicate effectively with team and citizens.
If this sounds like an opportunity you are interested in, we invite you to bring your skills and expertise to our team.
Just in case you didn't know the Chesapeake Mosquito Control Commission has great benefits such as:
- Medical and Dental Insurance
- Prescription benefits
- Retirement
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Paid holidays
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Legal Resources
- Wellness program and so much more!
About City of Chesapeake
Chesapeake, Virginia is a vibrant community that enjoys the best of two worlds, one of urban variety, culture, and excitement, and another of rural landscapes and relaxed living.
Located 20 minutes from the oceanfront, 15 minutes from downtown Norfolk, and 45 minutes from Colonial Williamsburg and the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Chesapeake is the perfect place in which to live, work, and raise a family.
Home to beautiful parks, lakes, and rivers, Chesapeake has more miles of deepwater canals (part of the Intracoastal Waterway) than any other city in the country!
The City of Chesapeake was formed through the merger of the City of South Norfolk and Norfolk County in 1963. It’s a community of communities, with each having its own distinctive history.
Over the last decade, many national and international companies have taken advantage of the City’s ports, atmosphere, and highly qualified labor market by relocating to Chesapeake.
Chesapeake’s neighborhoods offer a variety of comfortable housing alternatives, from apartments and town homes, to single-family residences and executive homes. The City is consistently ranked by the FBI as one of the safest U.S. cities (with populations over 150,000), which lends to the safe, community atmosphere that residents enjoy.
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