Termite Technician

Terminix • Meridian, MS

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About The Position

Termite Technicians protect customers’ properties from wood-destroying organisms by inspecting for termite problems and providing prevention and treatment services. The role involves identifying termite activity and appropriate remedial steps, applying treatments safely in accordance with company practices and product-label instructions, and explaining relevant conditions and services to customers. Technicians prepare job sites, verify work-order specifications, document completed services, and operate and maintain service vehicles and equipment.

The work takes place in varied conditions, including seasonal weather and damp or dusty locations. It involves entering structures and crawl spaces, working in confined spaces, and climbing ladders and structures, including working at heights of up to 20 feet. Technicians regularly move, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl, and must wear required personal protective equipment, including an OSHA-compliant respirator.

The position offers training and development opportunities, career growth, and potential performance incentives. A company vehicle and gas card are provided. Full-time colleagues are eligible for benefits beginning on their first day, including health coverage and other benefits described in the posting.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Valid driver’s license from the state of residence.
• At least one year of customer service experience.
• Clean-shaven face to ensure respirators can seal properly.
• Strong attention to detail and willingness to learn.
• Flexibility to work Monday through Friday and Saturdays as needed.
• Ability to obtain or hold licenses and certificates required by federal, state, and/or local regulations; the company covers these requirements.
• Basic math skills, including adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, and following product-label mixing instructions.
• Ability to tolerate seasonal weather and damp or dusty locations.
• Ability to enter and exit structures and crawl spaces; climb on and over structures; use stairs and ladders; and work on roofs and at heights, including about 20 feet up a ladder.
• Ability to regularly sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl, and move on stairs, ladders, scaffolding, ramps, and poles.
• Comfort wearing personal protective equipment, including an OSHA-compliant respirator, and working in confined spaces, narrow aisles, or passageways.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in termite control.
• General labor, carpentry, cement, roofing, gutter, or attic experience.

Responsibilities

• Identify customers’ termite problems and use knowledge of termite behavior and habits to determine remedial steps.
• Perform termite treatment services safely and in accordance with company guidelines and standard practices.
• Apply anti-termite treatments to structures according to schedules, safety procedures, and product-label instructions.
• Communicate conditions conducive to termite activity to customers and discuss procedures and structural modifications that may supplement treatment.
• Verify that job specifications are appropriate for each work order.
• Operate and maintain service vehicles and equipment.
• Complete production forms documenting services provided.
• Interact with customers and explain the services provided.
• Prepare job sites for treatment.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company-matching contributions.
• Tuition reimbursement for full-time colleagues.
• Vacation days and sick days.
• Company-paid holidays and floating holidays.
• Training and development programs.
• Career growth opportunities and promotion from within.
• Performance incentives in many roles.
• Company vehicle and gas card.
• Benefits begin on day one for eligible full-time colleagues.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED