Inspect agricultural commodities, processing equipment, and facilities, and fish and logging operations, to ensure compliance with regulations and laws governing health, quality, and safety.
Work Activities
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Set standards for the production of meat or poultry products or for food ingredients, additives, or compounds used to prepare or package products.
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Inspect food products and processing procedures to determine whether products are safe to eat.
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Inspect agricultural commodities or related operations, as well as fish or logging operations, for compliance with laws and regulations governing health, quality, and safety.
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Label and seal graded products and issue official grading certificates.
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Monitor the operations and sanitary conditions of slaughtering or meat processing plants.
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Take emergency actions, such as closing production facilities, if product safety is compromised.
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Interpret and enforce government acts and regulations and explain required standards to agricultural workers.
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Verify that transportation and handling procedures meet regulatory requirements.
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Examine, weigh, and measure commodities, such as poultry, eggs, meat, or seafood to certify qualities, grades, and weights.
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Inspect the cleanliness and practices of establishment employees.
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Inspect or test horticultural products or livestock to detect harmful diseases, chemical residues, or infestations and to determine the quality of products or animals.
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Monitor the grading performed by company employees to verify conformance to standards.
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Write reports of findings and recommendations and advise farmers, growers, or processors of corrective action to be taken.
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Set labeling standards and approve labels for meat or poultry products.
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Direct or monitor the quarantine and treatment or destruction of plants or plant products.
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Collect samples from animals, plants, or products and route them to laboratories for microbiological assessment, ingredient verification, or other testing.
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Review and monitor foreign product inspection systems in countries of origin to ensure equivalence to the U.S. system.
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Provide consultative services in areas such as equipment or product evaluation, plant construction or layout, or food safety systems.
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Inquire about pesticides or chemicals to which animals may have been exposed.
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Testify in legal proceedings.
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Compare product recipes with government-approved formulas or recipes to determine acceptability.
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Advise farmers or growers of development programs or new equipment or techniques to aid in quality production.
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Quality Control Analysis
Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
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Active Listening
Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
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Monitoring
Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
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Problem Sensitivity
The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
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Deductive Reasoning
The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
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Inductive Reasoning
The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
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Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
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Administration and Management
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
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Administrative
Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
- Education Bachelor's degree
- Work Experience No work experience
- Training 1 to 12 months on-the-job training
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Realistic: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.They do well at jobs that need:
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Dependability
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Integrity
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Attention to Detail
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Cooperation
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Self Control
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Concern for Others
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Sorting machines for seed or grain or dried leguminous vegetables
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Sample holders
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Mechanical balances
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Grading machines for seed or grain or dried leguminous vegetables
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Calibration weights or weight sets
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Word processing software
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Internet browser software
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Graphics or photo imaging software
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Electronic mail software
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Data base user interface and query software
