Vector Control Officer

(a) Academic Qualifications

i. An honors Bachelor’s degree in Entomology from a recognizeduniversity or institution.

(c) Work Experience

Nil

(a) Academic Qualifications

i. An honors Bachelor’s degree in Entomology from a recognizeduniversity or institution.

(c) Work Experience

Nil

i. Inspecting and surveying a variety of properties, lands, and

facilities to determine the presence of vectors such as mosquitoes,rodents, tsetse flies and other vectors.

ii. Preparing, compiling and maintaining vector breeding sources,inventory, maps and records

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iii. Searching land ownership, and works with property owners,community groups, and environmental groups to prevent andcontrol vectors.

iv. Monitoring the progress of vector control efforts.

v. Responding to citizens' complaints and requests for vector controlservices.

vi. Spraying, treating, and baits to control invertebrate or vertebratevectors using judgment in selecting appropriate materials andmethods.

vii. Conducting source reduction and suggests pest prevention

measures such as exclusion, sanitation, draining, filling smallbodies of standing waters, eliminating harborage, improvingstorage practices and modifying and/or eliminating vegetation.

viii. Writing compliance notices, reports and Completes investigation

and inspection forms.

ix. Operating and maintaining a variety of specialized vector control

tools, equipment, and vehicles.

x. Following up and enforcing agriculture and pesticide codes andpolicies pertaining to vector management and control.