diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Backend/Worker/Interactive/DeviceActions.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Backend/Worker/Interactive/DeviceActions.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index 262efcbc..00000000
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/Backend/Worker/Interactive/DeviceActions.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-package App::Netdisco::Backend::Worker::Interactive::DeviceActions;
-
-use App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP;
-use App::Netdisco::Util::Device 'get_device';
-use App::Netdisco::Backend::Util ':all';
-
-use Role::Tiny;
-use namespace::clean;
-
-sub location {
-  my ($self, $job) = @_;
-  return _set_device_generic($job->device, 'location', $job->subaction);
-}
-
-sub contact {
-  my ($self, $job) = @_;
-  return _set_device_generic($job->device, 'contact', $job->subaction);
-}
-
-sub _set_device_generic {
-  my ($ip, $slot, $data) = @_;
-  $data ||= '';
-
-  # snmp connect using rw community
-  my $info = App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP->writer_for($ip)
-    or return job_defer("Failed to connect to device [$ip] to update $slot");
-
-  my $method = 'set_'. $slot;
-  my $rv = $info->$method($data);
-
-  if (!defined $rv) {
-      return job_error(sprintf 'Failed to set %s on [%s]: %s',
-                    $slot, $ip, ($info->error || ''));
-  }
-
-  # confirm the set happened
-  $info->clear_cache;
-  my $new_data = ($info->$slot || '');
-  if ($new_data ne $data) {
-      return job_error("Verify of $slot update failed on [$ip]: $new_data");
-  }
-
-  # update netdisco DB
-  my $device = get_device($ip);
-  $device->update({$slot => $data});
-
-  return job_done("Updated $slot on [$ip] to [$data]");
-}
-
-1;
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Backend/Worker/Interactive/PortActions.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Backend/Worker/Interactive/PortActions.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index 767f71ad..00000000
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/Backend/Worker/Interactive/PortActions.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,159 +0,0 @@
-package App::Netdisco::Backend::Worker::Interactive::PortActions;
-
-use App::Netdisco::Util::Port ':all';
-use App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP;
-use App::Netdisco::Util::Device 'get_device';
-use App::Netdisco::Backend::Util ':all';
-
-use Role::Tiny;
-use namespace::clean;
-
-sub portname {
-  my ($self, $job) = @_;
-  return _set_port_generic($job, 'alias', 'name');
-}
-
-sub portcontrol {
-  my ($self, $job) = @_;
-
-  my $port = get_port($job->device, $job->port)
-    or return job_error(sprintf "Unknown port name [%s] on device [%s]",
-      $job->port, $job->device);
-
-  my $reconfig_check = port_reconfig_check($port);
-  return job_error("Cannot alter port: $reconfig_check")
-    if $reconfig_check;
-
-  # need to remove "-other" which appears for power/portcontrol
-  (my $sa = $job->subaction) =~ s/-\w+//;
-  $job->subaction($sa);
-
-  if ($sa eq 'bounce') {
-      $job->subaction('down');
-      my @stat = _set_port_generic($job, 'up_admin');
-      return @stat if $stat[0] ne 'done';
-      $job->subaction('up');
-      return _set_port_generic($job, 'up_admin');
-  }
-  else {
-      return _set_port_generic($job, 'up_admin');
-  }
-}
-
-sub vlan {
-  my ($self, $job) = @_;
-
-  my $port = get_port($job->device, $job->port)
-    or return job_error(sprintf "Unknown port name [%s] on device [%s]",
-      $job->port, $job->device);
-
-  my $port_reconfig_check = port_reconfig_check($port);
-  return job_error("Cannot alter port: $port_reconfig_check")
-    if $port_reconfig_check;
-
-  my $vlan_reconfig_check = vlan_reconfig_check($port);
-  return job_error("Cannot alter vlan: $vlan_reconfig_check")
-    if $vlan_reconfig_check;
-
-  my @stat = _set_port_generic($job, 'pvid'); # for Cisco trunk
-  return @stat if $stat[0] eq 'done';
-  return _set_port_generic($job, 'vlan');
-}
-
-sub _set_port_generic {
-  my ($job, $slot, $column) = @_;
-  $column ||= $slot;
-
-  my $device = get_device($job->device);
-  my $ip = $device->ip;
-  my $pn = $job->port;
-  my $data = $job->subaction;
-
-  my $port = get_port($ip, $pn)
-    or return job_error("Unknown port name [$pn] on device [$ip]");
-
-  if ($device->vendor ne 'netdisco') {
-      # snmp connect using rw community
-      my $info = App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP->writer_for($ip)
-        or return job_defer("Failed to connect to device [$ip] to control port");
-
-      my $iid = get_iid($info, $port)
-        or return job_error("Failed to get port ID for [$pn] from [$ip]");
-
-      my $method = 'set_i_'. $slot;
-      my $rv = $info->$method($data, $iid);
-
-      if (!defined $rv) {
-          return job_error(sprintf 'Failed to set [%s] %s to [%s] on [%s]: %s',
-                        $pn, $slot, $data, $ip, ($info->error || ''));
-      }
-
-      # confirm the set happened
-      $info->clear_cache;
-      my $check_method = 'i_'. $slot;
-      my $state = ($info->$check_method($iid) || '');
-      if (ref {} ne ref $state or $state->{$iid} ne $data) {
-          return job_error("Verify of [$pn] $slot failed on [$ip]");
-      }
-  }
-
-  # update netdisco DB
-  $port->update({$column => $data});
-
-  return job_done("Updated [$pn] $slot status on [$ip] to [$data]");
-}
-
-sub power {
-  my ($self, $job) = @_;
-
-  my $port = get_port($job->device, $job->port)
-    or return job_error(sprintf "Unknown port name [%s] on device [%s]",
-      $job->port, $job->device);
-
-  return job_error("No PoE service on port [%s] on device [%s]")
-    unless $port->power;
-
-  my $reconfig_check = port_reconfig_check($port);
-  return job_error("Cannot alter port: $reconfig_check")
-    if $reconfig_check;
-
-  my $device = get_device($job->device);
-  my $ip = $device->ip;
-  my $pn = $job->port;
-
-  # munge data
-  (my $data = $job->subaction) =~ s/-\w+//; # remove -other
-  $data = 'true'  if $data =~ m/^(on|yes|up)$/;
-  $data = 'false' if $data =~ m/^(off|no|down)$/;
-
-  # snmp connect using rw community
-  my $info = App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP->writer_for($ip)
-    or return job_defer("Failed to connect to device [$ip] to control power");
-
-  my $powerid = get_powerid($info, $port)
-    or return job_error("Failed to get power ID for [$pn] from [$ip]");
-
-  my $rv = $info->set_peth_port_admin($data, $powerid);
-
-  if (!defined $rv) {
-      return job_error(sprintf 'Failed to set [%s] power to [%s] on [%s]: %s',
-                    $pn, $data, $ip, ($info->error || ''));
-  }
-
-  # confirm the set happened
-  $info->clear_cache;
-  my $state = ($info->peth_port_admin($powerid) || '');
-  if (ref {} ne ref $state or $state->{$powerid} ne $data) {
-      return job_error("Verify of [$pn] power failed on [$ip]");
-  }
-
-  # update netdisco DB
-  $port->power->update({
-    admin => $data,
-    status => ($data eq 'false' ? 'disabled' : 'searching'),
-  });
-
-  return job_done("Updated [$pn] power status on [$ip] to [$data]");
-}
-
-1;
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Contact.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Contact.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4095f181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Contact.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin::Contact;
+
+use Dancer ':syntax';
+use App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin;
+use aliased 'App::Netdisco::Worker::Status';
+
+use App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP;
+
+register_worker({ stage => 'check' }, sub {
+  my ($job, $workerconf) = @_;
+  my ($device, $data) = map {$job->$_} qw/device extra/;
+  return Status->error('Missing device (-d).') if !defined $device;
+
+  # snmp connect using rw community
+  my $snmp = App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP->writer_for($device)
+    or return Status->defer("failed to connect to $device to update contact");
+
+  my $rv = $snmp->set_contact($data);
+
+  if (!defined $rv) {
+    return Status->error(
+      "failed to set contact on $device: ". ($snmp->error || ''));
+  }
+
+  # confirm the set happened
+  $snmp->clear_cache;
+  my $new_data = ($snmp->contact || '');
+  if ($new_data ne $data) {
+    return Status->error("verify of contact failed on $device: $new_data");
+  }
+
+  # update netdisco DB
+  $device->update({contact => $data});
+
+  return Status->done("Updated contact on $device to [$data]");
+});
+
+true;
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Location.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Location.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3868b38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Location.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin::Location;
+
+use Dancer ':syntax';
+use App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin;
+use aliased 'App::Netdisco::Worker::Status';
+
+use App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP;
+
+register_worker({ stage => 'check' }, sub {
+  my ($job, $workerconf) = @_;
+  my ($device, $data) = map {$job->$_} qw/device extra/;
+  return Status->error('Missing device (-d).') if !defined $device;
+
+  # snmp connect using rw community
+  my $snmp = App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP->writer_for($device)
+    or return Status->defer("failed to connect to $device to update location");
+
+  my $rv = $snmp->set_location($data);
+
+  if (!defined $rv) {
+    return Status->error(
+      "failed to set location on $device: ". ($snmp->error || ''));
+  }
+
+  # confirm the set happened
+  $snmp->clear_cache;
+  my $new_data = ($snmp->location || '');
+  if ($new_data ne $data) {
+    return Status->error("verify of location failed on $device: $new_data");
+  }
+
+  # update netdisco DB
+  $device->update({location => $data});
+
+  return Status->done("Updated location on $device to [$data]");
+});
+
+true;
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/PortControl.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/PortControl.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0efb0c1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/PortControl.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin::PortControl;
+
+use Dancer ':syntax';
+use App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin;
+use aliased 'App::Netdisco::Worker::Status';
+
+use App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP;
+use App::Netdisco::Util::Port ':all';
+
+register_worker({ stage => 'check' }, sub {
+  my ($job, $workerconf) = @_;
+  my ($device, $pn) = map {$job->$_} qw/device port/;
+  return Status->error('Missing device (-d).') if !defined $device;
+  return Status->error('Missing port (-p).') if !defined $pn;
+  return Status->error('Missing status (-e).') if !defined $job->subaction;
+
+  my $port = get_port($device, $pn)
+    or return Status->error("Unknown port name [$pn] on device $device");
+
+  my $port_reconfig_check = port_reconfig_check($port);
+  return Status->error("Cannot alter port: $port_reconfig_check")
+    if $port_reconfig_check;
+
+  # need to remove "-other" which appears for power/portcontrol
+  (my $sa = $job->subaction) =~ s/-\w+//;
+  $job->subaction($sa);
+
+  if ($sa eq 'bounce') {
+    $job->subaction('down');
+    my $status = _action($job, $port);
+    return $status if $status->not_ok;
+    $job->subaction('up');
+  }
+
+  return _action($job, $port);
+});
+
+sub _action {
+  my ($job, $port) = @_;
+  my ($device, $pn, $data) = map {$job->$_} qw/device port subaction/;
+
+  # snmp connect using rw community
+  my $snmp = App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP->writer_for($device)
+    or return Status->defer("failed to connect to $device to update up_admin");
+
+  my $iid = get_iid($snmp, $port)
+    or return Status->error("Failed to get port ID for [$pn] from $device");
+
+  my $rv = $snmp->set_i_up_admin($data, $iid);
+
+  if (!defined $rv) {
+      return Status->error(sprintf 'Failed to set [%s] up_admin to [%s] on $device: %s',
+                    $pn, $data, ($snmp->error || ''));
+  }
+
+  # confirm the set happened
+  $snmp->clear_cache;
+  my $state = ($snmp->i_up_admin($iid) || '');
+  if (ref {} ne ref $state or $state->{$iid} ne $data) {
+      return Status->error("Verify of [$pn] up_admin failed on $device");
+  }
+
+  # update netdisco DB
+  $port->update({up_admin => $data});
+
+  return Status->done("Updated [$pn] up_admin on [$device] to [$data]");
+}
+
+true;
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/PortName.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/PortName.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b21301ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/PortName.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin::PortName;
+
+use Dancer ':syntax';
+use App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin;
+use aliased 'App::Netdisco::Worker::Status';
+
+use App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP;
+use App::Netdisco::Util::Port ':all';
+
+register_worker({ stage => 'check' }, sub {
+  my ($job, $workerconf) = @_;
+  my ($device, $pn, $data) = map {$job->$_} qw/device port extra/;
+  return Status->error('Missing device (-d).') if !defined $device;
+  return Status->error('Missing port (-p).') if !defined $pn;
+  return Status->error('Missing name (-e).') if !defined $data;
+
+  # snmp connect using rw community
+  my $snmp = App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP->writer_for($device)
+    or return Status->defer("failed to connect to $device to update alias");
+
+  my $port = get_port($device, $pn)
+    or return Status->error("Unknown port name [$pn] on device $device");
+
+  my $iid = get_iid($snmp, $port)
+    or return Status->error("Failed to get port ID for [$pn] from $device");
+
+  my $rv = $snmp->set_i_alias($data, $iid);
+
+  if (!defined $rv) {
+      return Status->error(sprintf 'Failed to set [%s] alias to [%s] on $device: %s',
+                    $pn, $data, ($snmp->error || ''));
+  }
+
+  # confirm the set happened
+  $snmp->clear_cache;
+  my $state = ($snmp->i_alias($iid) || '');
+  if (ref {} ne ref $state or $state->{$iid} ne $data) {
+      return Status->error("Verify of [$pn] alias failed on $device");
+  }
+
+  # update netdisco DB
+  $port->update({name => $data});
+
+  return Status->done("Updated [$pn] alias on [$device] to [$data]");
+});
+
+true;
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Power.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Power.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e854226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Power.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin::Power;
+
+use Dancer ':syntax';
+use App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin;
+use aliased 'App::Netdisco::Worker::Status';
+
+use App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP;
+use App::Netdisco::Util::Port ':all';
+
+register_worker({ stage => 'check' }, sub {
+  my ($job, $workerconf) = @_;
+  my ($device, $pn) = map {$job->$_} qw/device port/;
+  return Status->error('Missing device (-d).') if !defined $device;
+  return Status->error('Missing port (-p).') if !defined $pn;
+  return Status->error('Missing status (-e).') if !defined $job->subaction;
+
+  my $port = get_port($device, $pn)
+    or return Status->error("Unknown port name [$pn] on device $device");
+
+  return Status->error("No PoE service on port [$pn] on device $device")
+    unless $port->power;
+
+  my $port_reconfig_check = port_reconfig_check($port);
+  return Status->error("Cannot alter port: $port_reconfig_check")
+    if $port_reconfig_check;
+
+  # munge data
+  (my $data = $job->subaction) =~ s/-\w+//; # remove -other
+  $data = 'true'  if $data =~ m/^(on|yes|up)$/;
+  $data = 'false' if $data =~ m/^(off|no|down)$/;
+
+  # snmp connect using rw community
+  my $snmp = App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP->writer_for($device)
+    or return Status->defer("failed to connect to $device to update vlan");
+
+  my $powerid = get_powerid($snmp, $port)
+    or return Status->error("failed to get power ID for [$pn] from $device");
+
+  my $rv = $snmp->set_peth_port_admin($data, $powerid);
+
+  if (!defined $rv) {
+      return Status->error(sprintf 'failed to set [%s] power to [%s] on [%s]: %s',
+                    $pn, $data, $device, ($snmp->error || ''));
+  }
+
+  # confirm the set happened
+  $snmp->clear_cache;
+  my $state = ($snmp->peth_port_admin($powerid) || '');
+  if (ref {} ne ref $state or $state->{$powerid} ne $data) {
+      return Status->error("Verify of [$pn] power failed on $device");
+  }
+
+  # update netdisco DB
+  $port->power->update({
+    admin => $data,
+    status => ($data eq 'false' ? 'disabled' : 'searching'),
+  });
+
+  return Status->done("Updated [$pn] power status on $device to [$data]");
+});
+
+true;
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Vlan.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Vlan.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c69f0b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Vlan.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+package App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin::Vlan;
+
+use Dancer ':syntax';
+use App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin;
+use aliased 'App::Netdisco::Worker::Status';
+
+use App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP;
+use App::Netdisco::Util::Port ':all';
+
+register_worker({ stage => 'check' }, sub {
+  my ($job, $workerconf) = @_;
+  my ($device, $pn, $data) = map {$job->$_} qw/device port extra/;
+  return Status->error('Missing device (-d).') if !defined $device;
+  return Status->error('Missing port (-p).') if !defined $pn;
+  return Status->error('Missing vlan (-e).') if !defined $data;
+
+  my $port = get_port($device, $pn)
+    or return Status->error("Unknown port name [$pn] on device $device");
+
+  my $port_reconfig_check = port_reconfig_check($port);
+  return Status->error("Cannot alter port: $port_reconfig_check")
+    if $port_reconfig_check;
+
+  my $vlan_reconfig_check = vlan_reconfig_check($port);
+  return Status->error("Cannot alter vlan: $vlan_reconfig_check")
+    if $vlan_reconfig_check;
+
+  return Status->done("Check phase for update [$pn] vlan $data done.");
+});
+
+register_worker({ stage => 'main' }, sub {
+  my ($job, $workerconf) = @_;
+  my ($device, $pn, $data) = map {$job->$_} qw/device port extra/;
+
+  # snmp connect using rw community
+  my $snmp = App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP->writer_for($device)
+    or return Status->defer("failed to connect to $device to update pvid");
+
+  my $port = get_port($device, $pn)
+    or return Status->error("Unknown port name [$pn] on device $device");
+
+  my $iid = get_iid($snmp, $port)
+    or return Status->error("Failed to get port ID for [$pn] from $device");
+
+  my $rv = $snmp->set_i_pvid($data, $iid);
+
+  if (!defined $rv) {
+      return Status->error(sprintf 'Failed to set [%s] pvid to [%s] on $device: %s',
+                    $pn, $data, ($snmp->error || ''));
+  }
+
+  # confirm the set happened
+  $snmp->clear_cache;
+  my $state = ($snmp->i_pvid($iid) || '');
+  if (ref {} ne ref $state or $state->{$iid} ne $data) {
+      return Status->error("Verify of [$pn] pvid failed on $device");
+  }
+
+  # update netdisco DB
+  $port->update({pvid => $data});
+
+  return Status->done("Updated [$pn] pvid on [$device] to [$data]");
+});
+
+register_worker({ stage => 'main' }, sub {
+  my ($job, $workerconf) = @_;
+  my ($device, $pn, $data) = map {$job->$_} qw/device port extra/;
+
+  # snmp connect using rw community
+  my $snmp = App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP->writer_for($device)
+    or return Status->defer("failed to connect to $device to update vlan");
+
+  my $port = get_port($device, $pn)
+    or return Status->error("Unknown port name [$pn] on device $device");
+
+  my $iid = get_iid($snmp, $port)
+    or return Status->error("Failed to get port ID for [$pn] from $device");
+
+  my $rv = $snmp->set_i_vlan($data, $iid);
+
+  if (!defined $rv) {
+      return Status->error(sprintf 'Failed to set [%s] vlan to [%s] on $device: %s',
+                    $pn, $data, ($snmp->error || ''));
+  }
+
+  # confirm the set happened
+  $snmp->clear_cache;
+  my $state = ($snmp->i_vlan($iid) || '');
+  if (ref {} ne ref $state or $state->{$iid} ne $data) {
+      return Status->error("Verify of [$pn] vlan failed on $device");
+  }
+
+  # update netdisco DB
+  $port->update({vlan => $data});
+
+  return Status->done("Updated [$pn] vlan on [$device] to [$data]");
+});
+
+true;