Status: Full-time position
Location: Richmond, VA
Deadline Date:
Date Available:
Job Summary: The position is located in a field location of the Processed Products Division, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service. The incumbent performs inspection and grading work on processed fruits, vegetables, and related products at processing plants, Area Offices and/or inspection points and similar facilities as assigned. Assignments are technically limited and/or involve a limited number of varieties of processed fruits and vegetables.
You can make a difference! The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP) needs bright, energetic and committed professionals to facilitate the domestic and international marketing of U.S. agricultural products and to protect the health and care of animals and plants in the United States. MRP offers an array of occupations and is committed to diversity in the workplace. We operate in domestic and global markets.
Qualifications: To qualify, you MUST meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
Applicants can qualify by meeting the EDUCATION requirements specified below and/or the SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE requirements.
Education:
GS-5: A four-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree.
GS-7: One full year (18 semester hours) of graduate level education in agriculture, mathematics, engineering, science, business, economics
Duties: Selects representative samples from product lines or completed lots according to approved sample plans.
Determines the U.S. grade and issues certification documents for products inspected; inspectors evaluate and determine a variety of differences in product quality.
Performs condition of container inspection to determine kind and extent of defects and condition of product inspection at destination.
Observes processing plants for sanitation to determine compliance with Department rules and FDA regulations. If the plant is not in compliance, the grader reports this to plant management and higher Branch officials.
Observes characteristics of the raw product; advises plant management of findings and the feasibility of proposed changes to improve quality stability of the processed product and sanitation.
Performs a limited number of analytical determinations by prescribed methods and techniques under the direction of an inspector of higher grade.
To Apply:
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/340122700