Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a pest management worker can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a pest management worker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Pest management workers identify, eliminate and repel pests by applying specific chemical solutions, setting traps and other equipment to control pests such as rats, mice and cockroaches. They apply pesticides and clean and remove pests after extermination. Their tasks might include elimination of fungi, moisture or insects. They inform and advise clients, residents and facility owners on after care and preventive methods to keep away pests.

Also known as worker in pest management activities, exterminator, pest control service technician, fumigator, pest management professional, pest control worker, pest control technician.

Craft and related trades workers 31 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: pesticides sprayer, 32%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
pesticides sprayer 32% covered toilet attendant 24% covered locker room attendant 23% covered chimney sweep 16% covered window cleaner 16% covered pest management worker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from pest management worker, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a pest management worker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A pest management worker needs 19 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • decide on infestation treatment type management skills
  • identify infestation source information skills
  • national pesticide legislation business, administration and law
  • pest biology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • pest management techniques agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • preventative measures against pests services
  • report on pest inspections information skills
  • perform mathematical calculations in pest management information skills
  • safe use of pesticides agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • herbicides natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a pest management worker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Pest management worker is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a pest management worker’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.