Department:

Health and Human Services

About Our Job

Do you prefer working on your own, have a knack for customer service, and are tired of those pesky Florida Mosquitos? Join our Mosquito Management department in ridding the county of known pests. We have three positions: our Field, Laboratory, and Mosquito-borne Disease Inspection Aides. These opportunities are temporary/seasonal, running from 05/04/2026 - 11/27/2026, working Monday - Friday (no weekends), and they have a starting pay of $19.00/hr.

Job Description:

Whether you'd prefer to be outside, driving a vehicle throughout urban and rural areas, or working in an office, setting mosquito traps, studying their techniques, or monitoring our chicken coupes, apply today and bring in some extra income, knowing that your time makes a difference!

Field Aides

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Conducting mosquito surveillance in county ditches and other water sources.

• Treating the ditches with environmentally safe larvicide by use of truck-mounted equipment.

Laboratory Aides

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Conducting mosquito surveillance by setting and collecting mosquito traps.

• Identifying adult mosquitoes using microscopes.

• Working with our sentinel chicken program.

• Occasional data entry.

Mosquito-borne Disease Surveillance Aide

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Mosquito-borne Disease Surveillance

• Collection of specialized traps and sampling chicken sentinels

• Inspection of all types of mosquito habitats

• Pesticide applications

Work Hours:

• Seasonal/Temporary, 05/04/2026 - 11/27/2026

• Monday - Friday, 6:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (no weekends!)

• Full-Time, 40 hours per week.

About You

Minimum Qualifications: 

• High School Diploma or its equivalent.

• Valid Florida Driver’s License by start date.

Physical Demands:  Must occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds.

Subject to Passing Substance Screening:  This position is subject to passing a pre-employment substance screening.  An applicant who fails to pass a required drug screening test shall be disqualified from employment in any class for a period of five (5) years.

About Everything Else

• Interviews will begin the week of April 6th and continue until all positions are filled. (Date subject to change based on business needs.)

• Potential start date begins May 4th, 2026.

• Employment duration is May 4th through Nov 27th, 2026.

Pay: $19.00/hr

Employee Type:

Seasonal (Fixed Term) (Seasonal)

Our interview process could include phone interview(s), Microsoft Teams video interview(s), and/or in-person interview(s).

If you are selected to join our team, please click on this link to review the Required First Day Documents. You will need to present the following items on your first day:

1. I-9 Acceptable Documents to show your identity and authorization to work. Use this link to learn more and review the different document options: https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents

• If your position requires a Florida Driver’s License, this must be one of your documents. (Your Florida Driver’s License can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List B Documents.)  

2. U.S. Social Security Card (signed, physical card). This is a requirement of our Payroll Department and failure to provide this document could jeopardize timely compensation. (Your U.S. Social Security Card can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List C Documents.)  

Benefits:

Employee benefits and Florida Retirement System contributions are not available for seasonal and temporary positions. Positions marked Full Time and Regular (Budgeted) are eligible for benefits, for more information about employee benefits, please click this link or visit SCGov.net .
 

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We celebrate and value the experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, talents and strengths that make us different.

Our vision is to attract, develop, retain and engage a talented workforce broadly representative of the citizens and communities we serve. To further value creativity, innovation, collaboration and great customer service – internally and externally. 

A job applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in the application/selection process is requested to make known the need for an accommodation to Human Resources or appropriate county staff members. For assistance with the application, please call 941-861-5353.

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