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Job Description
Inspect agricultural commodities, processing equipment, and facilities, and fish and logging operations, to ensure compliance with regulations and laws governing health, quality, and safety.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 45-2011.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 44,260.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 21.00
- Currently, there are 14,710 people on this job
Also Known As…
- Shipping Point Inspector
- Seed and Fertilizer Specialist
- Inspector, Food Safety and Inspection Service (Inspector, FSIS)
- Inspector
- Grain Inspector
- Food Sanitarian
- Food Inspector
- Deputy Brand Inspector
- Consumer Safety Inspector (CSI)
- Brand Inspector
- Wheat Inspector
- Vegetable Inspector
- Tree Inspector
- Tobacco Grader
- Tobacco Classer
- Sugar Sampler
- Route Inspector
- Poultry Inspector
- Poultry Grader
- Poultry Field Service Technician
- Milk Tester
- Milk Inspector
- Meat Grader
- Logging Operations Inspector
- Livestock Inspector
- Livestock Brands Inspector
- Land Inspector
- Insect and Disease Inspection Supervisor
- Health Inspector Food
- Health Inspector
- Grain Sampler
- Fruit Inspector
- Food Product Inspector
- Flour Inspector
- Fish Inspector
- Fish Hatchery Inspector
- Field Disease and Insect Control Inspector
- Eggs Inspector
- Dairy Inspector
- Cotton Inspector
- Cotton Grader
- Cotton Classer
- Consumer Safety Officer (CSO)
- Compliance Manager
- Compliance Coordinator
- Compliance Analyst
- Certifier
- Cattle Inspector
- Cattle Examiner
- Agriculture Inspector
- Agricultural Commodities Inspector
- Agricultural Commodities Grader (ACG)
Tasks for “Agricultural Inspectors”
- Monitor the grading performed by company employees to verify conformance to standards.
- Compare product recipes with government-approved formulas or recipes to determine acceptability.
- Set labeling standards and approve labels for meat or poultry products.
- Verify that transportation and handling procedures meet regulatory requirements.
- Write reports of findings and recommendations and advise farmers, growers, or processors of corrective action to be taken.
- Provide consultative services in areas such as equipment or product evaluation, plant construction or layout, or food safety systems.
- Review and monitor foreign product inspection systems in countries of origin to ensure equivalence to the U.S. system.
- Label and seal graded products and issue official grading certificates.
- Monitor the operations and sanitary conditions of slaughtering or meat processing plants.
- Advise farmers or growers of development programs or new equipment or techniques to aid in quality production.
- Testify in legal proceedings.
- Set standards for the production of meat or poultry products or for food ingredients, additives, or compounds used to prepare or package products.
- Inspect food products and processing procedures to determine whether products are safe to eat.
- Inspect the cleanliness and practices of establishment employees.
- Take emergency actions, such as closing production facilities, if product safety is compromised.
- Inquire about pesticides or chemicals to which animals may have been exposed.
- Inspect agricultural commodities or related operations, as well as fish or logging operations, for compliance with laws and regulations governing health, quality, and safety.
- Interpret and enforce government acts and regulations and explain required standards to agricultural workers.
- Inspect or test horticultural products or livestock to detect harmful diseases, chemical residues, or infestations and to determine the quality of products or animals.
- Collect samples from animals, plants, or products and route them to laboratories for microbiological assessment, ingredient verification, or other testing.
- Direct or monitor the quarantine and treatment or destruction of plants or plant products.
- Examine, weigh, and measure commodities, such as poultry, eggs, meat, or seafood to certify qualities, grades, and weights.
Related Technology & Tools
- Desktop computers
- Hard hats
- Single-tube open-ended bag triers
- Agricultural dividers
- Sealed baskets
- Point-type samplers
- Probe-type samplers
- Test weight apparatuses
- Truck probes
- Grain hopper scales
- Equal-arm scales
- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR systems
- Near infrared NIR analyzers
- Tapered bag triers
- Rice shellers
- Electronic mass comparators
- Digital cameras
- Beam scales
- Tankcar samplers
- Railway track scales
- Moisture detectors
- Pipettes
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Railway track scale test cars
- Block weights
- Syringes
- Rotary dividers
- Hand sieves
- Ellis cup samplers
- Dockage testers
- Diverter samplers
- Dehairing machines
- Packaging knives
- Bulk lot triers
- Counterpoise weights
- Test weight kits
- Oil samplers
- Rice bag triers
- Bean sack triers
- Double tube bag triers
- Flour triers
- Extension ladders
- Light meters
- Cargo trucks
- Portable block weights
- Barley pearlers
- Pelican samplers
- Moisture scales
- Blust drum samplers
- Bacon bomb samplers
- Rice millers
- Thermal tape printers
- Vehicle weight scales
- Boerner dividers
- Ticket printers
- Rice sizers
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Image processing software