diff --git a/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg b/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg
index ef46edda..73b3cabb 100755
--- a/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg
+++ b/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use Dancer qw/:moose :script/;
 warning sprintf "App::Netdisco %s backend", ($App::Netdisco::VERSION || 'HEAD');
 
 # callbacks and local job queue management
-use App::Netdisco::Daemon::Queue ':all';
+use App::Netdisco::Daemon::LocalQueue ':all';
 
 # needed to quench AF_INET6 symbol errors
 use NetAddr::IP::Lite ':lower';
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/DB/Result/Admin.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/DB/Result/Admin.pm
index 2806b8c4..d7bec538 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/DB/Result/Admin.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/DB/Result/Admin.pm
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
     is_nullable       => 0,
   },
 
-  "role", # Poller, Interactive, etc
+  "type", # Poller, Interactive, etc
   { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 0 },
 
   "wid", # worker ID, only != 0 once taken
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Queue.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Queue.pm
index b64d2915..e8b454b5 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Queue.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Queue.pm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package App::Netdisco::Daemon::Queue;
+package App::Netdisco::Daemon::LocalQueue;
 
 use Dancer qw/:moose :syntax :script/;
 use Dancer::Plugin::DBIC 'schema';
@@ -18,49 +18,25 @@ sub add_jobs {
 }
 
 sub capacity_for {
-  my ($action) = @_;
+  my ($type) = @_;
   debug "checking local capacity for action $action";
 
-  my $action_map = {
-      Poller => [
-          qw/discoverall discover arpwalk arpnip macwalk macsuck nbtstat nbtwalk expire/
-      ],
-      Interactive => [qw/location contact portcontrol portname vlan power/],
-  };
-
-  my $role_map = {
-    (map {$_ => 'Poller'} @{ $action_map->{Poller} }),
-    (map {$_ => 'Interactive'} @{ $action_map->{Interactive} })
-  };
-
-  my $setting_map = {
-    Poller => 'pollers',
-    Interactive => 'interactives',
-  };
-
-  my $role = $role_map->{$action};
-  my $setting = $setting_map->{$role};
-
-  my $current = $queue->search({role => $role})->count;
-
-  return ($current < setting('workers')->{$setting});
+  my $setting = setting('workers')->{ $job_type_keys->{$type} };
+  my $current = $queue->search({type => $type})->count;
+  return ($current < $setting);
 }
 
 sub take_jobs {
-  my ($wid, $role, $max) = @_;
-  $max ||= 1;
+  my ($wid, $type, $max) = @_;
 
   # asking for more jobs means the current ones are done
-  debug "removing complete jobs for worker $wid from local queue";
-  $queue->search({wid => $wid})->delete;
+  scrub_jobs($wid);
 
-  debug "searching for $max new jobs for worker $wid (role $role)";
-  my $rs = $queue->search(
-    {role => $role, wid => 0},
-    {rows => $max},
-  );
-
-  my @rows = $rs->all;
+  debug "searching for $max new jobs for worker $wid (type $type)";
+  my @rows = $queue->search(
+    {type => $type, wid => 0},
+    {rows => ($max || 1)},
+  )->all;
   return [] if scalar @rows == 0;
 
   debug sprintf "booking out %s jobs to worker %s", scalar @rows, $wid;
@@ -79,7 +55,7 @@ sub reset_jobs {
 
 sub scrub_jobs {
   my ($wid) = @_;
-  debug "deleting jobs owned by worker $wid";
+  debug "deleting dangling jobs owned by worker $wid";
   return unless $wid > 1;
   $queue->search({wid => $wid})->delete;
 }
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Manager.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Manager.pm
index 134f94f1..9fe7a3aa 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Manager.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Manager.pm
@@ -11,13 +11,6 @@ use namespace::clean;
 
 my $fqdn = hostfqdn || 'localhost';
 
-my $role_map = {
-  (map {$_ => 'Poller'}
-      qw/discoverall discover arpwalk arpnip macwalk macsuck nbtstat nbtwalk expire/),
-  (map {$_ => 'Interactive'}
-      qw/location contact portcontrol portname vlan power/)
-};
-
 sub worker_begin {
   my $self = shift;
   my $wid = $self->wid;
@@ -32,7 +25,7 @@ sub worker_begin {
 
   if (scalar @jobs) {
       info sprintf "mgr (%s): found %s jobs booked to this processing node", $wid, scalar @jobs;
-      map { $_->{role} = $role_map->{$_->{action}} } @jobs;
+      map { $_->{type} = setting('job_types')->{$_->{action}} } @jobs;
 
       $self->do('add_jobs', \@jobs);
   }
@@ -55,9 +48,10 @@ sub worker_body {
       debug "mgr ($wid): getting potential jobs for $num_slots workers";
       while (my $job = $rs->next) {
           my $jid = $job->job;
+          my $job_type = setting('job_types')->{$job->action} or next;
 
           # check for available local capacity
-          next unless $self->do('capacity_for', $job->action);
+          next unless $self->do('capacity_for', $job_type);
           debug sprintf "mgr (%s): processing node has capacity for job %s (%s)",
             $wid, $jid, $job->action;
 
@@ -67,7 +61,7 @@ sub worker_body {
             $wid, $jid;
 
           my $local_job = { $job->get_columns };
-          $local_job->{role} = $role_map->{$job->action};
+          $local_job->{type} = $job_type;
 
           # copy job to local queue
           $self->do('add_jobs', [$local_job]);
diff --git a/Netdisco/share/config.yml b/Netdisco/share/config.yml
index 5fffcfee..83e5d64e 100644
--- a/Netdisco/share/config.yml
+++ b/Netdisco/share/config.yml
@@ -187,6 +187,27 @@ dns:
 #  expire:
 #    when: '20 23 * * *'
 
+job_types:
+  discoverall: Poller
+  discover:    Poller
+  arpwalk:     Poller
+  arpnip:      Poller
+  macwalk:     Poller
+  macsuck:     Poller
+  nbtwalk:     Poller
+  nbtstat:     Poller
+  expire:      Poller
+  location:    Interactive
+  contact:     Interactive
+  portcontrol: Interactive
+  portname:    Interactive
+  vlan:        Interactive
+  power:       Interactive
+
+job_type_keys:
+  Poller: pollers
+  Interactive: interactives
+
 # ---------------
 # DANCER INTERNAL
 # ---------------