Pest Control Workers
SOC Code: 37-2021
Pest Control Workerss record work activities performed. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 84.7/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Speaking.
AI-Proof Score: 84.7 — Very High
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Median Salary
$44,730
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Job Growth
4.9%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Active Listening
- •Critical Thinking
- •Speaking
- •Monitoring
- •Writing
- •Time Management
- •Social Perceptiveness
- •Complex Problem Solving
- •Service Orientation
Common Tasks
- ✓Record work activities performed.
- ✓Inspect premises to identify infestation source and extent of damage to property, wall, or roof porosity and access to infested locations.
- ✓Recommend treatment and prevention methods for pest problems to clients.
- ✓Spray or dust chemical solutions, powders, or gases into rooms, onto clothing, furnishings, or wood, or over marshlands, ditches, or catch basins.
- ✓Clean work site after completion of job.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation