Agricultural Inspectors

Also called: Brand Inspector, Consumer Safety Inspector (CSI), Grain Inspector, Inspector

What they do:

Inspect agricultural commodities, processing equipment, and facilities, and fish and logging operations, to ensure compliance with regulations and laws governing health, quality, and safety.

On the job, you would:

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.
Set standards for the production of meat or poultry products or for food ingredients, additives, or compounds used to prepare or package products.

Knowledge

Business

customer service
management

Safety and Government

law and government
public safety and security

Math and Science

arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Arts and Humanities

English language

Skills

Basic Skills

keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

People and Technology Systems

thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Problem Solving