The Collar360

Pest management worker

Other names

worker in pest management activities, exterminator, pest control service technician, fumigator, pest management professional, pest control worker, pest control technician

Home and domestic work

They look for pests like rats and cockroaches, spray chemicals or set traps to remove them, and advise people how to keep them away.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Record work activities performed.

  2. 2

    Clean work site after completion of job.

  3. 3

    Measure area dimensions requiring treatment, calculate fumigant requirements, and estimate cost for service.

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Sources

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
technicien hygiéniste/technicienne hygiéniste
español
trabajador de control de plagas/trabajadora de control de plagas
العربية
عامل إدارة الآفات / عاملة إدارة الآفات
português
Controlador de pragas/Controladora de pragas
Deutsch
Schädlingsbekämpfer/Schädlingsbekämpferin
italiano
addetto alla disinfestazione e derattizzazione/addetta alla disinfestazione e derattizzazione

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