Inspector Trainee-Mosquito Extermination
Department of Public Works & Property
Starting Salary: $36,448
Duties:
Under direction, performs work involved in learning to locate and identify mosquito breeding areas, does related work as required.
Knowledge:
• Ability to understand information about insects, mosquitos in particular, including basic physical characteristics in various stages of development, habits, living or breeding patterns, and their breeding areas.
• Ability to identify characteristics and purposes of commonly used insecticides and to select the appropriate ones after a period of training.
• Ability and skill to weigh, measure, and mix chemicals and medium according to specific directions.
• Ability and skill to cover breeding areas with chemicals while avoiding contamination to food and water sources and danger to people.
• Ability and skill to use manual or power spraying and fumigating equipment.
• Ability to lift and/or carry materials and equipment weighing over 30 pounds.
• Ability and skill in carrying out inspection to detect areas needing spraying and fumigation.
• Ability to keep records of areas and types of chemical or biological controls used.
• Ability and skill in following road directions and maps.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position.
• May perform minor maintenance work on extermination equipment such as oil change, replacement of belts, and minor repairs to maintain equipment in working order.
• May perform unskilled laboring work when there is a lull in the inspection and examination assignments.
• Overtime is required.
Advancement:
Appointees who successfully complete the 12-month training period will be eligible for advancement to the title Inspector, Mosquito Extermination for which they have been trained.
The inability of an employee in this title to attain a level of performance warranting advancement to a title listed above shall be considered as cause for separation.
Note:
Offers of employment for this title are contingent upon successful completion of physical fitness testing that includes drug screening and verifications of clean driving record.
Applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to:
Cumberland County Department of Personnel
HR@CumberlandCountyNJ.gov
OR complete an application on-line and upload documents at: https://www.cumberlandcountynj.gov/jobs.
Open until filled.
The County of Cumberland offers a wide array of benefits for all full-time employees. Benefits include Retirement Programs, Medical/RX Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Supplemental Insurance options, Paid Leave, and Tuition Reimbursement. Specific benefits are subject to the provisions of County policy and the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Part time employees are eligible for leave benefits as required by New Jersey law.
The County of Cumberland is an equal employment opportunity employer. We are committed to recruit and hire qualified individuals without discrimination and regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, breastfeeding, gender identity or expression, disability, liability for military service, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait and genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing). Cumberland County employment is governed by the rules and regulations of the NJ Civil Service Commission.