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Consumer Safety Inspector
Food Safety and Inspection Service · Posted 68 days ago
About the Role
$5,000 sign-on bonus and other incentives are available. See the Additional Information Section for details Shifts and species will vary based on assignment For information contact Laura Hutchison: (919) 214-1984 or laura.hutchison@usda.gov. Passaic and Vineland positions rotate every 4 months. Passaic covers 4 plants in Passaic, Clifton and Paterson. Vineland covers 6 plants in Vineland, Bridgeton and Pedricktown. Employee may be detailed to any shift at any plant in the Raleigh 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 action, where warranted.
- →You will also prepare detailed 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 non-compliance, or if 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.
- →Authorize the entry of all meat or poultry products that must comply with Federal regulations or refuse entry of any products which violate the requirements for admission into this country Coordinate with other Federal agencies (e.g., the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service or U.S.
- →Customs and Border Protection) on such matters as animal health restrictions and refused entry lots.
Requirements
- ✓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.
- ✓GS-7 Level: One full year of directly related graduate education is qualifying, 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.
- ✓The course of study must directly reflect the job-related competencies necessary to satisfy the minimum qualifications and perform the duties of the position GS-9 Level: Two full years of graduate education, or a directly related master's degree, 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.
- ✓The course of study must directly reflect the job-related competencies necessary to satisfy the minimum qualifications and perform the duties of the position
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