Exterminator

Providence Housing Authority; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Providence Housing Authority is seeking a general maintenance/exterminating assistant to perform unskilled and diversified duties across our properties in Rhode Island. Responsibilities include inspecting apartments and common areas, applying baits, gels and chemicals to control pests, and coordinating with outside contractors when infestations exceed internal capability.

You will also help with custodial tasks, landscaping, snow removal, and light moving of materials.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required.
• 2 years’ experience in the application of exterminating products and devices.
• 1-2 years’ experience in maintenance or construction preferred.
• Prior experience working in public housing setting preferred.
• Ability to understand English language to an acceptable productivity level.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, monitor, and treat all apartment units and common areas.
• Follow IPM practices and procedures.
• Apply products to control pests including ants, cockroaches, bed bugs, bees, mice and rats.
• Coordinate with outside contractors when infestations exceed in-house capability.
• Perform unskilled maintenance tasks and custodial duties as required.

Skills

English proficiency

Extermination experience

Maintenance experience

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Rhode Island Commercial Applicator License

Rhode Island Driver's License

Job description

To provide unskilled and diversified duties in connection with the general exterminating of buildings, grounds and equipment. Tasks involve applying various baits, gels, and chemicals according to acceptable safety standards in order to eradicate insects, bed bugs, rodents, and pests from Authority properties. Provides general assistance to other staff as required

Essential Tasks of the Position:

• Responsible for inspecting, monitoring, and treating all apartment units and common areas of our properties
• Follows and implements the PHA Integrated Pest Management Practices and Procedures
• Applies all products necessary to control pests, including, but not limited to ants, cockroaches, bed bugs, bees, mice, and rats
• In the event an infestation should become acute or beyond the control of our in-house staff, works with outside contractors to extricate
• Maintains expertise in field and recommends appropriate products and equipment to control pests

Secondary Tasks of the Position :

Performs unskilled tasks in the maintenance of properties and grounds

• Cleans units before and after vacancy, removes trash, washes/vacuums floors, cleans windows, walls, floors and fixtures
• Mows, weeds, prunes shrubbery, waters plants/lawns and fertilizes grounds
• Plows, shovels, sands and removes snow and ice
• Lifts, loads and moves heavy objects, stoves, refrigerators, furniture, building materials and supplies
• Sweeps and picks up common areas, parking lots and grounds
• Drives agency vehicles delivering/removing supplies, materials and trash
• Digs trenches and holes in preparation of other work
• Uses a variety of hand tools and implements for custodial and grounds work

Performs general cleaning, custodial and routine upkeep of properties, grounds and common areas as assigned

• Assumes responsibility for the safe, sanitary and attractive maintenance of grounds, common areas within assigned locations
• Performs custodial tasks throughout agency properties, common areas (community rooms), offices and maintenance shops.
• Responds to work orders issued for minor repairs and general upkeep of assigned areas.
• Accounts for basic supplies, materials, tools and equipment stored at areas of Operates agency vehicles (up to 2 ton capacity), as assigned assignment

Position Requirements and Qualifications:

• Ability to understand English language to an acceptable level for productivity standards, required.
• High school diploma, required.
• Experience in Related Field
• 2 years’ experience in the application of exterminating products and devices required.
• 1-2 years’ experience in maintenance or construction, preferred.
• Prior experience working in public housing setting, preferred

Knowledge, skills, abilities, licenses and certifications

• Rhode Island (Class 2) driver's license unrestricted except for corrective lenses
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in all assignments as mandated
• Ability to work harmoniously with other agency personnel
• Ability to relate to and interact with elderly/disabled and family residents in low and moderate income housing settings
• Ability to be flexible and perform work under time pressure
• Ability and willingness to learn appropriate skills, accept responsibility and to complete assignments, as directed
• Valid Rhode Island Commercial Applicator License required