According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mix pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides for application to trees, shrubs, lawns, or botanical crops. | 90% |
| Fill sprayer tanks with water and chemicals, according to formulas. | 89% |
| Lift, push, and swing nozzles, hoses, and tubes to direct spray over designated areas. | 86% |
| Identify lawn or plant diseases to determine the appropriate course of treatment. | 85% |
| Cover areas to specified depths with pesticides, applying knowledge of weather conditions, droplet sizes, elevation-to-distance ratios, and obstructions. | 84% |
| Start motors and engage machinery, such as sprayer agitators or pumps or portable spray equipment. | 82% |
| Connect hoses and nozzles selected according to terrain, distribution pattern requirements, types of infestations, and velocities. | 81% |
| Clean or service machinery to ensure operating efficiency, using water, gasoline, lubricants, or hand tools. | 78% |
| Provide driving instructions to truck drivers to ensure complete coverage of designated areas, using hand and horn signals. | 72% |
| Plant grass with seed spreaders, and operate straw blowers to cover seeded areas with mixtures of asphalt and straw. | 56% |
