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AI for Agricultural Inspectors

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

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

Agricultural Inspectors · O*NET 45-2011.00 · Job Zone 2 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

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AI you can use for this job

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The tools this job actually uses

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  • Microsoft Accesshot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • Image processing software
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer
  • Operational databases

What this job involves

16 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 16.

  1. Inspect food products and processing procedures to determine whether products are safe to eat.
  2. Inspect agricultural commodities or related operations, as well as fish or logging operations, for compliance with laws and regulations governing health, quality, and safety.
  3. Label and seal graded products and issue official grading certificates.
  4. Monitor the operations and sanitary conditions of slaughtering or meat processing plants.
  5. Take emergency actions, such as closing production facilities, if product safety is compromised.
  6. Interpret and enforce government acts and regulations and explain required standards to agricultural workers.
  7. Verify that transportation and handling procedures meet regulatory requirements.
  8. Inspect the cleanliness and practices of establishment employees.
  9. Examine, weigh, and measure commodities, such as poultry, eggs, meat, or seafood to certify qualities, grades, and weights.
  10. Inspect or test horticultural products or livestock to detect harmful diseases, chemical residues, or infestations and to determine the quality of products or animals.
  11. Monitor the grading performed by company employees to verify conformance to standards.
  12. Write reports of findings and recommendations and advise farmers, growers, or processors of corrective action to be taken.
  13. Collect samples from animals, plants, or products and route them to laboratories for microbiological assessment, ingredient verification, or other testing.
  14. Provide consultative services in areas such as equipment or product evaluation, plant construction or layout, or food safety systems.
  15. Testify in legal proceedings.
  16. Compare product recipes with government-approved formulas or recipes to determine acceptability.