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Consumer Safety Inspector
Food Safety and Inspection Service · Posted 62 days ago
About the Role
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program is available. Shifts and species will vary based on assignment. For add'l information contact Suyin.Cai@usda.gov (CA positions) or Brian.Tillman@usda.gov (GA and SC positions). Employee may be detailed to any shift at any plant in the District for which they are selected.
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-05 level: Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with major study or at least 24 semester hours/credits in any combination of coursework in the areas of: agricultural, biological, or physical sciences, food technology, epidemiology, home economics, pharmacy, engineering, or nutrition.
- ✓Specialized government or military training may be creditable if it is related directly to this position.
- ✓OR A combination of education and specialized experience.
- ✓In this instance, only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a bachelor's degree (with some related coursework, as described in number 2 above) 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-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.
Personality Fit
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