This unit specifies the skills and knowledge required to implement and monitor plans to manage cockroaches, rodents and other common pests in places where people may be more sensitive to pesticides than the general population, for example schools, kindergartens, childcare centres, hospitals, community health centres and aged care facilities. The unit includes preparing work orders and schedules and allocating work to staff, applying pest management methods to treat the work site, and monitoring pest management reports to respond to issues and negotiate modifications to plans.

This unit does not apply to sites where food, beverages or pharmaceuticals are handled, manufactured, produced or packaged under an external food safety management system and audit regime.

This unit is suitable for those using specialised knowledge to complete routine and non-routine tasks and using their own judgement to deal with predictable and sometimes unpredictable problems.

This unit requires the candidate to be a licensed pest management technician in order to undertake pest management work at sensitive sites. For further information, check with the relevant regulatory authority.