A professional who assists public health staff in activities concerned with identification, prevention, and control of vectors (disease-carrying insects and rodents). Responsibilities include:

• Carries and sets up field equipment to be used in surveys of number and type of vectors in area.
• Sets traps and cuts through brush and weeds to obtain specimens of vector population for use in laboratory tests, using sweep.
• Prepares, mounts, and stores specimens, following instructions of supervisor.
• Prepares reports of field surveys and laboratory tests based upon information obtained from personnel involved in specific activities, for use in planning and carrying out projects for prevention and control of vectors.