diff --git a/internal/controller/scheduler/pod_watcher.go b/internal/controller/scheduler/pod_watcher.go
index 48859aa7..dbfbe358 100644
--- a/internal/controller/scheduler/pod_watcher.go
+++ b/internal/controller/scheduler/pod_watcher.go
@@ -126,8 +126,10 @@ func (w *podWatcher) OnDelete(maybePod any) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	jobUUID, _, err := w.jobUUIDAndLogger(pod)
+	log := loggerForObject(w.logger, pod)
+	jobUUID, err := jobUUIDForObject(pod)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("Job UUID label missing or invalid for pod")
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -166,8 +168,10 @@ func (w *podWatcher) OnUpdate(oldMaybePod, newMaybePod any) {
 }
 
 func (w *podWatcher) runChecks(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) {
-	jobUUID, log, err := w.jobUUIDAndLogger(pod)
+	log := loggerForObject(w.logger, pod)
+	jobUUID, err := jobUUIDForObject(pod)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("Job UUID label missing or invalid for pod")
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -189,37 +193,6 @@ func (w *podWatcher) runChecks(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) {
 	w.startOrStopJobCancelChecker(ctx, log, pod, jobUUID)
 }
 
-func (w *podWatcher) jobUUIDAndLogger(pod *corev1.Pod) (uuid.UUID, *zap.Logger, error) {
-	log := w.logger.With(zap.String("namespace", pod.Namespace), zap.String("podName", pod.Name))
-
-	rawJobUUID, exists := pod.Labels[config.UUIDLabel]
-	if !exists {
-		log.Debug("Job UUID label not present. Skipping.")
-		return uuid.UUID{}, log, errors.New("no job UUID label")
-	}
-
-	jobUUID, err := uuid.Parse(rawJobUUID)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Warn("Job UUID label was not a UUID!", zap.String("jobUUID", rawJobUUID))
-		return uuid.UUID{}, log, err
-	}
-
-	log = log.With(zap.String("jobUUID", jobUUID.String()))
-
-	// Check that tags match - there may be pods around that were created by
-	// another controller using different tags.
-	if !agenttags.JobTagsMatchAgentTags(agenttags.ScanLabels(pod.Labels), w.agentTags) {
-		log.Debug("Pod labels do not match agent tags for this controller. Skipping.")
-		return uuid.UUID{}, log, errors.New("pod labels do not match agent tags for this controller")
-	}
-
-	if w.isIgnored(jobUUID) {
-		log.Debug("Job already failed, canceled, or wasn't in a failable/cancellable state")
-		return jobUUID, log, errors.New("job ignored")
-	}
-	return jobUUID, log, nil
-}
-
 func (w *podWatcher) failOnImagePullFailure(ctx context.Context, log *zap.Logger, pod *corev1.Pod, jobUUID uuid.UUID) {
 	log.Debug("Checking pod containers for ImagePullBackOff or InvalidImageName")
 
diff --git a/internal/controller/scheduler/uuid_and_logger.go b/internal/controller/scheduler/uuid_and_logger.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9711b4e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/controller/scheduler/uuid_and_logger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package scheduler
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+
+	"github.com/buildkite/agent-stack-k8s/v2/internal/controller/config"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+)
+
+// loggerForObject curries a logger with namespace, name, and job UUID taken
+// from the object labels.
+func loggerForObject(baseLog *zap.Logger, obj metav1.Object) *zap.Logger {
+	return baseLog.With(
+		zap.String("namespace", obj.GetNamespace()),
+		zap.String("name", obj.GetName()),
+		zap.String("jobUUID", obj.GetLabels()[config.UUIDLabel]),
+	)
+}
+
+// jobUUIDForObject parses the Buildkite job UUID from the object labels.
+func jobUUIDForObject(obj metav1.Object) (uuid.UUID, error) {
+	rawJobUUID := obj.GetLabels()[config.UUIDLabel]
+	if rawJobUUID == "" {
+		return uuid.UUID{}, errors.New("no job UUID label")
+	}
+
+	return uuid.Parse(rawJobUUID)
+}