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Pest Control Technician
Employer
Poulin's Pest ControlDate Posted
January 10, 2025Languages
English-
Location Calgary, AB
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Earnings $22.00 to $25.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 40 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1  Vacancy
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Closing Date Feb 09, 2025
Employer
Poulin's Pest Control
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Non-smoking
- Confined spaces
- Odours
- Dusty
- At heights
Work setting
- Urban area
- Rural area
- On-site customer service
- Various locations
Tasks
- Inspect buildings and outside areas to detect signs of infestation
- Provide estimate of costs
- Determine type of treatment required
- Prepare and spray chemical mixture on infested areas
- Place and set traps to capture and remove animals
- Install animal control barriers to keep animals off property
- Clean out areas that harbour pests
- Advise clients on how to prevent pest infestation
Equipment and machinery experience
- Animal traps
- Electrical sprayers
- Mechanical sprayer
- Netting devices
Security and safety
- Bondable
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check
- Driver's validity licence check
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Willing to travel
- Travel expenses paid by employer
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
Experience
Will train
Workplace information
On the road job
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
Financial benefits
- Bonus
- Commission
- Gasoline paid
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Piece work
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
Long term benefits
Long-term care insurance
Other benefits
- Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP)
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Other benefits
- Team building opportunities
- Transportation provided by employer
- Parking available
- Travel insurance
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Interest Codes
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in operating mechanical and electric sprayers; and in preparing and spraying chemical mixtures on infested areas
- METHODICAL
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Interest in comparing information to determine type of treatment required; and in cleaning out areas using rakes, shovels, brooms and mops
- innovative
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Interest in speaking with customers to provide cost estimates and to advise on how to prevent pest infestation
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