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Consumer Safety Inspector
Food Safety and Inspection Service · Posted 61 days ago
About the Role
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program is available. Shifts and species will vary based on assignment. For add'l information call: Dr. Lisa Last 503-510-2506 or lisa.last@usda.gov Employee may be detailed to any shift at any plant in the Denver District.
What You'll Do
- →YOU WILL/MAY: Ensure that regulated establishments produce a safe product by executing appropriate inspection methods, determining non-compliance with regulatory requirements, documenting noncompliance and initiating enforcement actions, where warranted.
- →Verify that meat and poultry slaughter and/or processing establishment's Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Plans meet regulatory requirements.
- →Verify execution of Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Plans effectively to prevent unsanitary conditions and adulteration of product.
- →Review records, observe plant operations and conduct hands-on verification to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and prepare detailed documentation (Non-Compliance Records) of non-compliance with regulatory requirements.
- →Determine when regulatory control action is necessary.
- →You will assess whether the plant's corrective or preventative actions are acceptable and effective, if there are trends in noncompliance, or if an enforcement action is warranted.
- →Conduct regulatory oversight activities inside plants in matters relating to other consumer protections (e.g., economic adulteration and misbranding).
- →Have contact with plant managers, owners and others to explain legal and regulatory requirements, discuss operation of the plant's SSOP, HACCP plan and other food safety programs.
- →Communicate and defend determinations on non-compliance issues and discuss plans for addressing non-compliance.
- →Work with a variety of individuals to resolve problems, clarify differences of interpretation concerning HACCP and other food safety or consumer protection requirements.
- →Advise other Agency inspectors, supervisors and officers on inspection and enforcement matters for which you are involved.
- →Conduct various samplings, surveys and tests to obtain pertinent data on potential problem areas, industry trends, or other issues of current interest to the Agency.
- →Be involved in performing health and safety verification sampling and tests for detection of specific microbes (e.g., salmonella, listeria, etc.), residues or contaminants.
- →Assure that products approved for import are in full compliance with all applicable Federal regulations governing the importation of meat and poultry products.
Requirements
- ✓Education may be used to qualify in lieu of specialized experience as described below.
- ✓For the GS-07 Level: One full year of directly related graduate education is qualifying for GS-07.
- ✓OR A combination of education and specialized experience.
- ✓In this instance, only graduate education directly related to the work of the position is creditable towards meeting the requirements, along with specialized work experience.
- ✓The combination must equal 100% of the requirement.
- ✓For example, if you have 33% of the education requirement, then you will need 67% of the specialized experience requirement.
- ✓For the GS-09 Level: Two full years of directly related graduate education or a directly related master's degree is qualifying for GS-09.
- ✓OR A combination of education and specialized experience.
- ✓In this instance, only graduate education in excess of the first 18 semester hours directly related to the work of the position is creditable towards meeting the requirements, along with specialized work experience.
- ✓The combination must equal 100% of the requirement.
- ✓For example, if you have 33% of the education requirement, then you will need 67% of the specialized experience requirement.
Personality Fit
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