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Farm Products Grading Inspector 1

Grade 14

New York State has approximately 21 positions* in this title statewide. You may view a breakdown of positions by county. This position exists in Agriculture & Markets, Dept of. View links to all New York State agencies including agencies that have this title. For more information, New York State employees can contact the Career Mobility Office at (518) 485-6199 or (800) 553-1322. If you are not a current New York State employee, you can use the Department of Civil Service Web site to explore possible employment opportunities.

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Career Ladder

A listing of titles that are most commonly used as steps for upward mobility for this title series. The salary schedule for this career ladder is also available.

  1. Farm Products Grading Inspector 1

    Grade 14

  2. Farm Products Grading Inspector 2

    Grade 18

  3. Farm Products Grading Inspector 3

    Grade 23

  4. Farm Products Grading Manager

    Grade 62

Summary of Job Description

As a Farm Products Grading Inspector 1, you would inspect various farm products at shipping, processing, and receiving points to determine and certify the grade, condition and/or size for the commodity; inspect shell eggs for grade and size; conduct sampling of farm products for various USDA or FDA Government Agencies; conduct Feed Investigations/Pet Food Sampling; conduct audits for Good Agricultural Practices, Good Handling Practices, and Country of Origin Labeling; conduct custom slaughterhouse inspections; conduct inspections of controlled atmosphere rooms for apples; and ensure that products reaching the consumer meet standards and requirements of New York State Branding Laws.

View the classification standard for this title, on the Classification and Compensation webpage.

The NYS Title and Salary Plan provides additional information regarding other titles. If there is a classification standard available there will be a link under the column labeled STD. NO. If no link is available there is no classification standard available at this time for that title.

Summary of Minimum Qualifications

Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and/or experience are allowed, this information would be available on the announcement.

You must take and pass a Civil Service examination in order to be considered for this position.

On or before the date of examination, you must have one of the following requirements:

Either 1.    two years of full-time professional experience* inspecting farm products for a state or federal agency;

Or 2.    one year of full-time professional experience* inspecting farm products for a state or federal agency and 60 college credits;

Or 3.    60 college credit hours which includes 18 credit hours in: agriculture business, agronomy, animal science, biology science, botany, conservation, dairy science, entomology, environmental health, fishery or aquaculture, food marketing, food science, food services technology, horticulture (including fruit and vegetable science), microbiology, nutrition or dietetics, poultry science, science lab technology or zoology.

*Full-time professional experience in a position inspecting farm products must include taking samples of various farm products and grading for quality and/or condition according to state, federal, or company commodity standards, and issuing state or federal certificates.

If you expect to meet the educational requirements by June 30, 2019, you can be admitted to the written test, but you cannot be considered for appointment until you submit proof of successful completion of the educational requirement to the Appointing Authority at the time of the employment interview. Failure to meet the educational requirements by June 30, 2019 may result in your removal from the eligible list.

For informational purposes only, click on the examination number(s) listed below to see the current or previous examination(s) that are used to fill this title.

26-550

How to Apply

When this examination is scheduled to be held, the announcement can be found on the Department of Civil Service, Examination Announcements web page. If you do not see an examination currently scheduled please check back on a monthly basis or sign up for announcement notification by email so that you will automatically be notified when new examinations are being offered.

Career Mobility

Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the Career Ladder, above. Additional movement may be achieved through other examinations, additional education and/or work experience or transfer opportunities. For additional information or clarification of transfer determinations, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office. Visit ELMS Online to view established open-competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists. If you are not a current New York State employee, see Employment Opportunities with New York State and find out how to become a New York State employee.

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