Job Responsibility:
- Inspect agricultural produce to ensure compliance with government and industry standards with respect to quality, health and licensing.
Duties:
- Inspecting agricultural produce to identify product quality issues, and providing advice to producers
- Auditing and monitoring quality procedures at farms and food handling and processing facilities to ensure compliance with required standards
- Testing samples of produce for quality, size and purity
- Ensuring that required standards of hygiene are observed at storage, processing and packing facilities and in transport vehicles
- Advising primary producers on economic aspects of disease eradication and informing producers and the general public of the health implications of diseases and impurities
- Advising on the identification of pests and diseases and on regulations pertaining to grading, packing and loading of products
- Patrolling and investigating water system required for good quality of produce
- Educating, advising and providing information on a wide range of topics relating to agriculture produce and their protection
- Ability to make accurate observations and handle many kinds of agriculture products with patience and confidence
- Upgrade with current technologies for excellent yield of produce
Qualification:
- AQF Diploma or Higher
- 2 years of experience in related field