Agricultural Commodity Grader

US-Agricultural-Marketing-Servic; Winter Haven (FL); Presencial; USD 45.000 - 75.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Specialty Crops Inspection (SCI) Division seeks a grader to inspect at an inspection point, processing facility or area office lab. The role supports national grade standards and offers audit-based services on a user-fee basis for fruits, vegetables, and related products.

Qualifications include 3 years of progressive experience or a 4-year degree, with duties spanning problem identification, planning, and decision-making.

Formación

• 3 years of general progressively responsible experience, with duties at or above GS-4 level.
• Experience in quality assurance, commodity buying, farm management, or food processing lab work.
• Education or combinations thereof acceptable: 4-year bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• General clerical experience not creditable.

Responsabilidades

• Grade or inspect product using grading standards and regulations.
• Draw samples of product.
• Identify and describe common product defects and/or diseases.

Conocimientos

Identify problems

Plan and organize work

Office software (Adobe, Excel, Word)

Educación

Bachelor's degree (4-year program)

Herramientas

Adobe

Excel

Word

Descripción del empleo

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Specialty Crops Inspection (SCI) Division is responsible for developing U.S. grade standards and providing inspection, grading, certification, and audit-based services nation-wide on a user-fee basis for fresh and processed fruits and vegetables and related products. The incumbent serves as a grader at an inspection point, processing facility or area office lab.

Note: applicants are allowed up to three location choices. Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement, including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.

FOR THE GS-05 GRADE LEVEL:

Applicants must have 3 years of general, progressively responsible experience, one year of which was equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the GS-4 level in the Federal service. Experience must demonstrate the ability to:

• Identify problems, gather pertinent data, or recognize solutions.
• Plan and organize work.
• Utilize office software such as: Adobe, Excel, Word.

Such experience may have been gained in quality assurance (machinist, on-line production work), as a commodity buyer, receiving clerk, farm experience (in a managerial, decision- making capacity), clerical (office manager, administrative assistant with decision-making responsibility), or food processing laboratory food work (managerial, technical). Experience must provide evidence of the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform the duties of this position and show decision making responsibilities. NOTE: General clerical experience (typing, filing, routine processing, or other non-specialized repetitive tasks) is not creditable.

OR Applicants must have successfully completed a 4-year course of study, from an accredited college or university, leading to a bachelor's degree.

Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for this grade level.

FOR THE GS-07 LEVEL:

Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-05 grade level) that demonstrates:

• Grading or inspecting product utilizing grading standards and regulations.
• Draws samples of product.
• Identifies and describes common product defects and/or diseases.

OR One full year of graduate level education in Agriculture, Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Business, Economics, or a related field.

OR Superior Academic Achievement: To qualify based on superior academic achievement, you must have completed the requirements for a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution AND 1) have a class standing in the upper third of the graduating class, 2) membership in a national scholastic honor society (excluding Freshman honor societies), or 3) must meet certain GPA requirements. GPA requirements: 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 as recorded on official transcripts or as computed based on 4 years of education, or courses completed during the final 2 year of the curriculum; OR 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on the average of the required course completed in the major field or courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum (GPA will be rounded to one decimal place, e.g., 2.95 rounds to 3.0 and 2.94 rounds to 2.9).

Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for this grade level.

TRANSCRIPTS

are required if:

• You are qualifying for the position based on education.
• You are qualifying for this position based on a combination of experience and education.
• You are qualifying for this position based on Superior Academic Achievement.
• This education must have been successfully completed and obtained from an accredited school, college, or university.

COMBINATION OF EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE AT THE GS-05/07 GRADE LEVEL:

Applicants may have combinations of successfully completed education and specialized experience to meet total qualification requirements. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify for that grade level.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.