Description
Inspect agricultural commodities, processing equipment, and facilities, and fish and logging operations, to ensure compliance with regulations and laws governing health, quality, and safety.
Interests
- Realistic
- Conventional
- Investigative
Work Values
- Achievement
- Support
- Independence
Work Styles
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Self-Control
Tasks
- Inspect food products and processing procedures to determine whether products are safe to eat.
- Interpret and enforce government acts and regulations and explain required standards to agricultural workers.
- Inspect agricultural commodities or related operations, as well as fish or logging operations, for compliance with laws and regulations governing health, quality, and safety.
- Label and seal graded products and issue official grading certificates.
- Monitor the operations and sanitary conditions of slaughtering or meat processing plants.
Work Activities
- Documenting/Recording Information
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
- Getting Information
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Detailed Work Activities
- Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
- Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
Technology Skills
- Spreadsheet software
- Presentation software
- Electronic mail software
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Office suite software
Abilities
- Problem Sensitivity
- Deductive Reasoning
- Inductive Reasoning
- Near Vision
- Oral Comprehension
Skills
- Quality Control Analysis
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
Knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service
- Administration and Management
- Administrative
- Law and Government
- Mathematics
Most Common Education Level
The “Most Common Education Level” refers to the level of education held by the majority of workers in a given occupation. For example, if the highest percentage of workers in a role have an Associate’s Degree, that suggests this is the typical educational requirement. Knowing this helps you plan how many years of education you may need to pursue that career.
Certificates
Certificate name
Certified Professional AgronomistCertifying Organization
American Society of Agronomy - ARCPACS
Type
Core
Certificate name
Certified Crop AdvisorCertifying Organization
American Society of Agronomy - ARCPACS
Type
Core
Income Percentile
The income percentiles show how earnings are distributed within a profession. The 10th percentile means that 10% of workers earned less than that amount. The median (50th percentile) indicates that half of workers earned more, and half earned less. The 90th percentile reflects what the top 10% of earners in the field make.
| Income Percentile | Annual Income |
|---|---|
| Low (10%) | $34,385 |
| Median (50%) | $45,122 |
| High (90%) | $60,403 |
Income by Experience
This table shows how income typically grows with experience—from entry level (0–2 years), to mid-level (3–5 years), to senior level (6–8 years), to expert level (8+ years).
| Experience | Income |
|---|---|
Entry Level  | $46,076 |
| Mid Level | $54,429 |
| Senior Level | $57,012 |
| Expert Level | $84,371 |
Employability
There are currently 13,300 jobs in this career path. Over the next 10 years, that number is expected to increase to 13,900 positions, reflecting a projected growth of 4%.
The Projected Job Growth figure refers to the expected increase or decrease in employment within a specific career field over a certain period of time.
Projected Job Growth of 4%
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