This person oversees the design and strategic planning of pest prevention and eradication activities in recreational areas, forests, urban spaces, etc. A pest is set of living beings that, due to their abundance or characteristics, can cause nuisances, health problems or financial problems for people. The traditional methods to fight them have always been based on chemicals, which cause many secondary problems related to toxicity. The main goal of comprehensive pest control is to control the species that are harmful for man, keeping them under the tolerance threshold through the control and correction of the environmental factors that cause them to appear. In this way, the use of chemical products can be reduced or even eliminated. The main goal of the expert in comprehensive pest control systems is to protect human health, with the least aggressive methods possible.

• Carry out a prior diagnosis of the problem and, based on this, select the most suitable method taking into account, amongst others factors, the type, its distribution, space characteristics, etc.
• Prepare the action protocols, giving priority to physical, biological and mechanic control and to the most specific pesticides that are least dangerous for human health and the environment.
• Oversee the internal training for action protocols, biological control techniques and product doses, transport, storage, health and safety, etc.

Regulated training and graduates

• Grau: Biologia
• Grau: Biologia ambiental
• Grau: Bioquímica
• Grau: Enginyeria de sistemes biològics
• Grau: Ciències ambientals
• Grau: Enginyeria agrícola
• Grau: Veterinària
• Grau: Enginyeria de Ciències Agronòmiques
• Grau: Enginyeria forestal
• Grau: Enginyeria agroambiental i del paisatge

Complementary training

Other specific skills

És important ser capaç d'interpretar les formulacions i les dades químiques i saber formular productes.
És essencial conèixer bé els diferents grups causants de les plagues i les espècies depredadores, i la seva biologia
És important conèixer l'utillatge i les diverses tècniques i materials emprats per al control de plagues.

Initiative: Level 2

Concern for order and quality: Level 4

Analytical thought: Level 4

Strategic orientation: Level 3

Conceptual thought: Level 2

Orientation within reach: Level 4

Leadership: Level 2

Planning and organisation: Level 2

Learning and use of knowledge: Level 3

Environment

People who work in this field focus their professional interests on the preservation, improvement or restoration of the environment (vegetation, fauna, flora) in both built-up areas and natural spaces. Some of the activities that represent this field are the detection, analysis and control of pollutants, the carrying out of measurements and tests in relation to climatic or environmental variables and the reduction of the harmful effects of human activity on the environment. The carrying out of these activities requires knowledge of the environment, for its planning and use, and of environmental regulations.

Fish pathologist

Responsible for aquaculture operations

Municipal environmental management and energy efficiency technician

Pest control operator

Expert in food safety and quality

• Work hours

  Full-time.

• Salary

  Estimated gross salary between 18.403 and 24.248 euros a year. Median: 21.124 euros annum gross. This salary can increase based on training, previous experience and demonstrated skills. It also depends on the workload, characteristics and complexity of the tasks.
  
  Source: Report "Observatory of Jobs and Salaries of the Labour Market. Barcelona Activa", elaborated by ICSA Grupo. April 2015.

• Professional category

  Technician