Sacramento, CA30+ days ago
p>Under the supervision of the Agricultural Pest Control Supervisor, the Agricultural Technician I (Seasonal) performs assignments of average difficulty, in a field and laboratory, for various fruit fly delimitation programs, maintains fruit fly trapping routes, coordinates the application of pesticides, maintains pesticide inventory and vehicle fleet, oversees pesticide applications performed by outside vendors, performs fruit removal and tree removal, communicates with the public at educational public meetings, coordinates with other agencies, and performs various insect/disease surveys for targeted pests for the emergency eradication. The incumbent must be able to apply pesticides, haul loads of fruit and/or removed trees, perform survey work, and work well under extreme time constraints, exercise good judgment, determine priorities, make appropriate well-thought out decisions, allocate staff and resources to achieve maximum results, maintain focus under conditions of duress, and provide accurate assessment of rapidly changing situations (ex: multiple exotic pest detections requiring multiple operations).