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3E4X3 Pest Management

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Overview

A Pest Management Specialist controls and prevents infestations of insects, rodents, and birds on Air Force bases. This specialist addresses pests that can carry infectious diseases and repels birds from airfields to support safe takeoffs and landings.

Minimum ASVAB: G 38

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: dafecd-atch4-2025-10-31 (source date 2025-10). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Skill levels: 3E413 helper · 3E433 apprentice · 3E453 journeyman · 3E473 craftsman

Core Skills

  • Environmental compliance for pest management

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Pest Control Workers

Executing and evaluating military pest management techniques directly overlaps with civilian pest treatment and prevention work.

How to prepare: Ask the pesticide regulator in your target jurisdiction which licensing or certification route applies to your intended work.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect premises to identify infestation source and extent of damage to property, wall, or roof porosity and access to infested locations.
  • Recommend treatment and prevention methods for pest problems to clients.
  • Spray or dust chemical solutions, powders, or gases into rooms, onto clothing, furnishings, or wood, or over marshlands, ditches, or catch basins.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Marathon Data Systems PestPac

Environmental Compliance Inspectors

Military responsibility for pest management environmental compliance provides a foundation for pesticide-focused environmental inspections.

How to prepare: Practice preparing an inspection report against the pesticide rules in your target jurisdiction.

What the civilian work involves
  • Prepare, organize, and maintain inspection records.
  • Investigate complaints and suspected violations regarding illegal dumping, pollution, pesticides, product quality, or labeling laws.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Adobe Acrobat

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. DAFECD, 30 Apr 26: PEST MANAGEMENT (3E4X3)

    [1] Specialty Summary section "PEST MANAGEMENT"; normalized cached text lines 9756-9776; explicit AFSC match for 3E4X3

    Supports: Environmental compliance for pest management, Pest Control Workers (O*NET 37-2021.00), Environmental Compliance Inspectors (O*NET 13-1041.01)

  2. O*NET: Pest Control Workers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Pest Control Workers (O*NET 37-2021.00)

  3. O*NET: Environmental Compliance Inspectors

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Environmental Compliance Inspectors (O*NET 13-1041.01)

Defense contractor jobs for 3E4X3

Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 3E4X3. Each history page explains the change.

3E1X1Title not stated in source3E2X1Title not stated in source3E3X1Title not stated in source3E4X1Title not stated in source3E5X1Title not stated in source3E7X1Title not stated in source56610Pest Management Helper56630Apprentice Pest Management Specialist56650Pest Management Technician56670Pest Management Technician

Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

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