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Agricultural Inspectors: reported tasks and exploration worksheet
Inspect agricultural commodities, processing equipment, and facilities, and fish and logging operations, to ensure compliance with regulations and laws governing health, quality, and safety.
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This source lists 22 tasks, including 8 marked Core and 14 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.
Task source dates: 08/2026.
22 tasks shown
Core · Task 14846 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Inspect agricultural commodities or related operations, as well as fish or logging operations, for compliance with laws and regulations governing health, quality, and safety.
Core · Task 14850 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Interpret and enforce government acts and regulations and explain required standards to agricultural workers.
Core · Task 14852 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Inspect the cleanliness and practices of establishment employees.
Core · Task 14848 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Verify that transportation and handling procedures meet regulatory requirements.
Core · Task 14851 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Write reports of findings and recommendations and advise farmers, growers, or processors of corrective action to be taken.
Core · Task 14849 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Collect samples from animals, plants, or products and route them to laboratories for microbiological assessment, ingredient verification, or other testing.
Core · Task 14863 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Examine, weigh, and measure commodities, such as poultry, eggs, meat, or seafood to certify qualities, grades, and weights.
Core · Task 14866 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Provide consultative services in areas such as equipment or product evaluation, plant construction or layout, or food safety systems.
Supplemental · Task 14854 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Inspect food products and processing procedures to determine whether products are safe to eat.
Supplemental · Task 14853 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Monitor the operations and sanitary conditions of slaughtering or meat processing plants.
Supplemental · Task 14857 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Label and seal graded products and issue official grading certificates.
Supplemental · Task 14855 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Take emergency actions, such as closing production facilities, if product safety is compromised.
Supplemental · Task 14865 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Review and monitor foreign product inspection systems in countries of origin to ensure equivalence to the U.S. system.
Supplemental · Task 14864 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Compare product recipes with government-approved formulas or recipes to determine acceptability.
Supplemental · Task 14856 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Monitor the grading performed by company employees to verify conformance to standards.
Supplemental · Task 14847 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Inspect or test horticultural products or livestock to detect harmful diseases, chemical residues, or infestations and to determine the quality of products or animals.
Supplemental · Task 14859 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Set standards for the production of meat or poultry products or for food ingredients, additives, or compounds used to prepare or package products.
Supplemental · Task 14860 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Direct or monitor the quarantine and treatment or destruction of plants or plant products.
Supplemental · Task 14861 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Inquire about pesticides or chemicals to which animals may have been exposed.
Supplemental · Task 14862 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Set labeling standards and approve labels for meat or poultry products.
Supplemental · Task 14867 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Advise farmers or growers of development programs or new equipment or techniques to aid in quality production.
Supplemental · Task 14868 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Testify in legal proceedings.
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