Elements and Performance Criteria
- Select a pest management vehicle
- Assess vehicle capabilities against pest management service requirements
- Determine vehicle suitability for performing pest management activities in accordance with manufacturers' specifications and legislative, occupational health and safety (OHS) and company requirements
- Confirm vehicle complies with roadworthiness and registration rules in accordance with legislative, OHS and company requirements
- Set up a pest management vehicle
- Determine type of pest management services to be offered and equip the vehicle for its intended usage in accordance with legislative, OHS and companyrequirements
- Implement secure storage arrangements for transporting chemicals and equipment in accordance with manufacturers' specifications and legislative, OHS and company requirements
- Affix signage in accordance with legislative and companyrequirements
- Separate vehicle equipment and passenger compartments to minimise transportation risks in accordance with legislative, OHS and companyrequirements
- Equip vehicle to enable implementation of an emergency response procedures in accordance with legislative and company requirements
- Select weather resistant equipment for external use in accordance with manufacturers' specifications and legislative, OHS and companyrequirements
- Select equipment manufactured from non-absorbent substances to minimise chemical build-up and other contamination in accordance with manufacturers' specifications and legislative, OHS and company requirements
- Select pumps, hoses, fittings and tanks to meet anticipated volume/pressure delivery in accordance with manufacturers' specifications and legislative, OHS and company requirements
- Control a pest management vehicle
- Secure chemicals to prevent accidental spillage in accordance with manufacturers' specifications and legislative, OHS and company requirements
- Store and transport the estimated quantity of chemicals required for immediate work requirements in accordance with manufacturers' specifications and legislative, OHS and company requirements
- Secure, use and maintain equipment and personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with manufacturers' specifications and legislative, OHS and company requirements
- Respond to emergency situations using emergency response procedures in accordance with manufacturers' specifications and environmental, legislative, OHS and company requirements
- Restrict access to and operation of the pest management vehicle to authorised personnel in accordance with legislative, OHS and company requirements
- Drive the vehicle safely and courteously in accordance with all traffic laws and instructions
- Maintain a pest management vehicle
- Safety-check and maintain regular vehicle servicing to ensure roadworthiness in accordance with manufacturers' specifications and legislative and companyrequirements
- Clean vehicle regularly to remove chemical contaminants in accordance with manufacturers' specifications and environmental, legislative, OHS and company requirements
- Collect and dispose of all waste in accordance with manufacturers' specifications and environmental, legislative, OHS and company requirements
- Present vehicle to maintain the company's public image in accordance with company requirements