diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Queue.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Queue.pm
index e3fe4502..dcc9c4d1 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Queue.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Queue.pm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use Dancer::Plugin::DBIC 'schema';
 
 use base 'Exporter';
 our @EXPORT = ();
-our @EXPORT_OK = qw/ add_jobs take_jobs reset_jobs /;
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw/ add_jobs capacity_for take_jobs reset_jobs /;
 our %EXPORT_TAGS = ( all => \@EXPORT_OK );
 
 schema('daemon')->deploy;
@@ -16,6 +16,30 @@ sub add_jobs {
   $queue->populate($jobs);
 }
 
+sub capacity_for {
+  my ($action) = @_;
+
+  my $action_map = {
+    Interactive => [qw/location contact portcontrol portname vlan power/]
+  };
+
+  my $role_map = {
+    map {$_ => 'Interactive'} @{ $action_map->{Interactive} }
+  };
+
+  my $setting_map = {
+    Poller => 'daemon_pollers',
+    Interactive => 'daemon_interactives',
+  };
+
+  my $role = $role_map->{$action};
+  my $setting = $setting_map->{$role};
+
+  my $current = $queue->search({role => $role})->count;
+
+  return ($current < setting($setting));
+}
+
 sub take_jobs {
   my ($wid, $role, $max) = @_;
   $max ||= 1;
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Manager.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Manager.pm
index 76874055..e9336541 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Manager.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Manager.pm
@@ -12,13 +12,9 @@ use namespace::clean;
 
 my $fqdn = hostfqdn || 'localhost';
 
-# forward and reverse mappings for worker role to Netdisco job type (action)
-# this needs updating when we invent new job types
-my $action_map = {
-  Interactive => [qw/location contact portcontrol portname vlan power/]
-};
 my $role_map = {
-  map {$_ => 'Interactive'} @{ $action_map->{Interactive} }
+  map {$_ => 'Interactive'}
+      qw/location contact portcontrol portname vlan power/
 };
 
 sub worker_begin {
@@ -47,7 +43,7 @@ sub worker_body {
           next unless is_discoverable($job->device);
 
           # check for available local capacity
-          next unless $self->capacity_for($job);
+          next unless $self->do('capacity_for', $job->action);
 
           # mark job as running
           next unless $self->lock_job($job);
@@ -68,23 +64,6 @@ sub worker_body {
   }
 }
 
-sub capacity_for {
-  my ($self, $job) = @_;
-
-  my $setting_map = {
-    Poller => 'daemon_pollers',
-    Interactive => 'daemon_interactives',
-  };
-
-  my $role = $role_map->{$job->action};
-  my $setting = $setting_map->{$role};
-
-  my $current = schema('daemon')->resultset('Admin')
-    ->search({role => $role})->count;
-
-  return ($current < setting($setting));
-}
-
 sub lock_job {
   my ($self, $job) = @_;
   my $happy = 0;