Status: Full-time position
Location: Fitchville, CT
Salary: $16.54 to $26.63 / Per Hour
Deadline Date: 4/19/13
Date Available:
Job Summary: **Intermittent Work Schedule: Majority of work will be on an as needed (intermittent) basis. May work part-time or full-time occasionally, but no minimum amount of hours are guaranteed.
The incumbent serves as the sole resident grader in a plant or as the grader responsible for a separate shift in a multi-grader plant. Assignments are performed in poultry processing or packing plants and/or shell egg plants and may involve details and/or reassignments to different geographical areas as determined by management.
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. Be part of an organization that protects the health and agriculture of the American people.
Qualifications: GS-5 Four-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree.
GS-7 One full year of graduate level education in a related field of study, such as agriculture, mathematics, engineering, science, business, or economics;
Duties: Acts as officially designated contact and maintains relations with plant management and employees explaining decisions, obtaining corrections in sanitation, processing or storage conditions; explaining grading activities; and coordinating the grading/inspection activities with plan activities.
May examine product to determine conformance with approved contract specifications such as grade, weight, packaging and packing, and quantity for various types of contracts. Prepares and issues certificates as required.
Monitors the plant and processing operations to assure that the plant remains in compliance with regulations with respect to operating procedures and, in shell egg plants, to assure that facilities and equipment are maintained in sanitary condition.
In shell egg plants, assures only approved chemicals, insecticides, and rodenticides are used; the product is labeled only with approved labels; and inedible product is appropriately identified and controlled.
Prepares and maintains a variety of reports and records related to work such as plant production data, grading results, certificates issued, and administrative information.
Trains and authorizes selected plant personnel to grade according to U.S. standards and monitors their grading/inspection work.
To Apply:
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