Status: Full-time position
Location: Harlingen, TX
Salary: $24,933.00 to $32,412.00 / Per Year
Deadline Date: 4/16/13
Date Available:
Job Summary: You will serve as a team member and perform a variety of survey, control and regulatory activities.
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-3: Applicants must have successfully completed one year of education above high school that included at least 4 semester hours in courses such as biology, plant pathology, entomology, zoology, botany, forestry, chemistry, agriculture, or physics.
Duties: Inspects and re-inspects orchards, fields, groves, storage sites, nurseries, raid yards, industrial sites, etc., to determine the presence and degree of presence of harmful insects, plants and plant disease.
Using standard procedures removes and destroys alternate host plants and diseased or infested plants and assists with the fumigation or treatment of equipment, plants, or soils. Maintains, baits, installs and collects insect traps.
Cleans and maintains motor vehicles and hand tool equipment, keeping all in good working order.
Collects and records data and prepares simple reports.
Develops rough maps showing control and eradication treatments.
To Apply:
For more information on this position and how to apply please visit https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/341263800