Consumer Safety Inspector Job in
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Vacancy No. |
FSIS-MMP-2008-1399 |
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Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service |
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Salary |
$40,779.00 to $53,012.00 |
Grade |
08 to 08 |
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Perm/Temp |
Permanent |
FT/PT |
Full-time |
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Open Date |
8/8/2008 |
Close Date |
8/22/2008 |
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Job Link |
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Job Description (Please
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Current
FSIS Employees Nationwide and USDA Career Transition
Eligibles (CTAP).
This
is an excellent opportunity for those seeking a
greater challenge and responsibility in a position directly involved
in protecting public health. Here's what to expect: SPECIFIC
VACANCY INFORMATION: CSI, GS-1862-8,
SJ-517. Establishment: 969, Swift Beef Company located in Rotating
work schedule. Species: Cattle (slaughter/processing assignment,
rotating shifts). As
a CSI, you will ensure that regulated establishments produce a safe
product by executing appropriate inspection methods, determining noncompliance
with regulatory requirements, documenting noncompliance and
initiating enforcement action, where warranted.
As
a CSI, you will ensure that regulated establishments produce a safe
product by executing appropriate inspection methods, determining noncompliance
with regulatory requirements, documenting noncompliance
and initiating enforcement action, where warranted. In
your position as a CSI, you will verify that meat and poultry slaughter
and/or processing establishments' Sanitation Standard Operating
Procedures (SSOP)and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
(HACCP) Plans meet regulatory requirements and are being executed
effectively to prevent unsanitary conditions and adulteration
of product. You
will review records, observe plant operations and conduct hands- on
verification to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. You
will prepare detailed documentation (Non-Compliance Records)of noncompliance
with regulatory requirements. You
will determine when
regulatory control action is necessary.
You will assess whether
the plant's corrective or preventative actions are acceptable
and effective, if there are trends in noncompliance, or if
enforcement action is warranted. You
will conduct regulatory oversight activities inside plants in matters
relating to other consumer protections (e.g., economic adulteration
and misbranding). As
a Consumer Safety Inspector, you will have contact with plant managers,
owners and others to explain legal and regulatory requirements,
discuss operation of the plants' SSOP, HACCP plan and other
food safety programs. You will communicate
on and defend determinations
on noncompliance issues and discuss plans for addressing
non-compliance. You will also work
with a variety of individuals
to resolve problems, clarify differences of interpretation
concerning HACCP and other food safety or consumer protection
requirements and you will advise other Agency inspectors, supervisors
and officers on inspection and enforcement matters for which
you are involved. In
addition, you may conduct various samplings, surveys and tests to
obtain pertinent data on potential problem areas, industry trends,
or other issues of current interest to the Agency. You may be
involved in performing health and safety verification sampling and
tests for detection of specific microbes (e.g., salmonella, listeria,
etc.), residues or contaminants. You may also perform direct,
structured sampling involving Protein Fat Free (PFF), undeclared
species, undeclared ingredients or suspected economic violations
involving net weight or labeling.
For
the Consumer Safety Inspector (CSI) positions, there are two basic
components of your experience that together define the qualifications.
These components are: Time-in-Grade
and Specialized
Experience Time-in-Grade:
In
order to meet time-in-grade, you will need to have completed
52 weeks at the next lower grade level within 30 days of the
closing date of this announcement. Specialized
Experience: In
order to meet the specialized experience requirement,
you will need to have completed 52 weeks of progressively
responsible specialized experience at the next lower grade
level within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement. Specialized experience is experience
working with the Federal
Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Acts in order to inspect
meat, poultry and egg products. This experience also includes
working with basic SSOP and HACCP principles and practices in
order to verify plant HACCP and SSOP responsibilities, performing basic
mathematic and elementary statistical concepts and methods to perform
testing and sampling procedures and experience in reaching and
interpreting conclusions. If
you currently hold or have previously held a permanent federal position
at the GS-8 or higher, you are considered a "non- competitive"
eligible and may apply on-line to this announcement and/or
be considered by applying to the Voluntary Reassignment System.
To
receive consideration for this position, under the Voluntary Reassignment
System,. Form 4335-3 must be submitted for noncompetitive
consideration (reassignment, change to lower grade, or
noncompetitive re-promotion).
Noncompetitive applicants submit a
hard copy Form 4335-3, Employee Request for Reassignment within Field
Operations. Completed forms should be
submitted to: USDA, FSIS,
HRFO Internal Placement Systems Section, 4th
Floor,
HOW
WILL MY TOTAL APPLICATION BE EVALUATED? There
are several parts of the application process that affect the overall
evaluation of your application: the applicant assessment questions,
the core questions and your resume. This automated application
system simplifies the application process by replacing the
former KSA job-element questions with the
on-line applicant assessment
questions. Your resume is an integral
part of the process
for
determining if you meet the basic qualifications of the position and
whether you are found to be best qualified. It is therefore important
to explain what you did and how you did it, rather than just
listing your current and former employers. Applicants
are evaluated in accordance with Merit Staffing procedures
which govern Status candidates. All are rated on the extent
and quality of experience, education and training relevant to the
duties of the position. An automated
scoring system based on the
on-line application process is used.
Before any certificate can
be issued to the selecting official, the resume is reviewed carefully
by an HR Specialist to assure that (a) minimum qualification
requirements are met, (b) the resume supports the answers
provided to the job-specific questions and (c) that your resume
addresses experience and education
relevant to this position. To preview questions please click here. BENEFITS:
You
may participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits program,
with costs shared with your employer. More info: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#FEHB. Life
insurance coverage is provided. More info: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#life New
employees are automatically covered by the Federal Employees Retirement
System (FERS). If you are transferring from another agency
and covered by CSRS, you may continue in this program. More info:
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#retr You
will earn annual vacation leave. More info: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#VACA You
will earn sick leave. More info: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#SKLV You
will be paid for federal holidays that fall within your regularly
scheduled tour of duty. More info: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#HOLI
Condition
of Employment: This
position has a training program requirement as a condition of employment. If selected, you must successfully complete
a 2-3 week training
program at a designated location which may require travel outside
the duty location for an extended period.
The training you will
attend is called the Food Safety Regulatory Essentials (FSRE). The
type of class you will attend will be based on your assignment. For
example, if your assignment covers raw products, you will attend the
two week course for raw products. If
your assignment covers not shelf
stable, ready-to-eat/not ready-to-eat products, you will attend
the three week course. You must begin
the training within 90 days
of the effective date of your selection, and you must successfully
complete it within 12 months of the effective date
of your selection. Failure to
successfully complete the training
may result in returning you to your former position, or like
position at the same or lower grade (depending on availability and
the needs of the Agency) or removal from Federal Service. Multiple
selections: This announcement may be used to fill additional,
like vacancies should any occur in the announced duty location. Salaries
in some locations may be higher than the salary listed in this
announcement due to locality pay. For
a listing of locality pay
areas, pay tables and counties within the locality
pay areas: http://www.opm.gov/index.asp The
law prohibits political recommendation for employment or other personnel
actions (including promotion, reassignment, detail, etc.) in
the competitive service. Federal
agencies may not accept or consider
such recommendations (either oral or written) from members of
Congress, elected State and local government officials, political party
officials, or others based on political affiliation. FEDERAL
LAW REQUIRES ALL EMPLOYERS TO VERIFY THE IDENTITY AND EMPLOYMENT
ELIGIBILITY OF ALL PERSONS HIRED TO WORK IN THE UNITED STATES. FSIS utilizes E-Verify to verify identity
and employment eligibility
by providing to the Social Security Administration (SSA) and,
if necessary the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) information
from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. E-Verify cannot be used to pre-screen job
applicants or
to re-verify current employees and may not limit or influence the choice
of documents presented for use on the Form I-9. If you have concern
that there has been a violation of the E-Verify program or you
feel you have been discriminated during the verification process based
on your national origin or citizenship status, contact the Office
of Special Counsel at 1-800-255-7688 (TDD: 1-800-237-2515). For
more information on E-Verify you may contact DHS at 1-888-464- 4218. EEO/DIVERSITY
POLICY: The
USDA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination
in all its programs and activities on the basis of race,
color, national origin, age, disability and where applicable, sex,
marital status familial status, parental status, religion, sexual
orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal
or because all or part of an individual's income is derived from
any public assistance program. (Not
all prohibited bases apply to
all programs). Persons with
disabilities who require alternative means
for communication of program information (Braille, large print,
audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's 202-720-2600. This
Agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with
disabilities. If you need a reasonable
accommodation for
any part of the application and hiring process, please notify
the agency. Decisions on granting
reasonable accommodation
will be on a case-by-case basis. To
file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office
of Civil Rights, 20250-9410
or call (800)795-3272 (voice) or (202)720-6382 (TDD).
COMPLETED
ON-LINE APPLICATION INCLUDES: Registration
with USAJOBS, including answering any questions and submitting
an on-line resume with USAJOBS. Answers
to all vacancy-specific questions (Completed for each job). Answers
to core questions the first time you apply to our upgraded system.
Applicants
who do not respond to the on-line vacancy questions and who
do not submit a supporting resume will be rated ineligible. Applicants
can check their general status, as it is updated by going to
USAJOBS. Because of these
capabilities, the Human Resources Division
will no longer send email or hardcopy notifications ("non- select
letters") to applicants regarding the outcome of on-line FSJO vacancy
announcements. Completed
applications for this vacancy must be received no later than
midnight, U.S. Eastern time zone, on the closing date. If applying
on line poses a hardship to any applicant, the contact person
listed on the announcement will provide assistance to help you
apply or provide alternative methods. Applicants may contact the servicing
human resources office during core business hours(8:00 a.m.
to
3:30 p.m. central time) prior to the closing date.
WHAT
OTHER DOCUMENTS ARE NEEDED? CURRENT
FSIS EMPLOYEES DO NOT NEED TO FAX or MAIL ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS
(i.e SF-50, Transcripts, Performance
Appraisals or DD214). If
you claim CTAP eligibility, please provide a
copy of your most
recent performance appraisal (at least "fully successful" or equivalent) and proof of eligibility,
i.e., a notice
or Certification of Expected Separation and a SF-50 noting current
position, grade level and duty location.
If
hard copy documents are being submitted by you for career transition
assistance, the documents must be received via fax during the
USAJOBS registration process. Faxing
Supporting Documentation: The
next step of the application process is
to fax all the required supporting
documentation specified in the Required Documents section of
this vacancy announcement. You do not need to have all of your supporting
documentation submitted in order to continue with the online
portion of the application process.
Please carefully follow the
instructions below to ensure your supporting documents are properly
faxed and received. All required
documents must be received
by midnight Eastern Time on the closing date of the vacancy announcement. ***Not
all of the document types listed will pertain to you; only submit
documents needed to complete your application package. For example,
Schedule A Certification document must only be submitted
by individuals applying based on eligibility for appointment
due to a disability. The SF-50 is a form current and former
Federal employees submit to document their Federal employment status. FAX
INSTRUCTIONS: 1. If you have previously faxed supporting
documentation the status of
those documents will indicate Received.
There is no need to
resubmit documents which show a status of received unless you are submitting
an updated copy. (If a document is
resubmitted, it replaces
the previous submission, which means the previous document is
no longer available to the human resources office. If you are adding
to, rather than replacing a previous submission, you must fax
both the old document and the new document for both of them to be
accessible to HR.) 2. You must use a separate cover sheet for
each category of supporting
documentation (i.e., transcripts, SF-50, DD-214). Choose the
document cover sheet(s) you would like to print by selecting the appropriate
check boxes in the Selected Documents column. 3. Click the [Print Cover Sheets] button. A
window will pop up containing
the fax cover sheet(s) you selected.
Print the coversheet (s). NOTE: You must be connected to a printer in
order to print
the coversheets. Additionally, you
must allow pop-ups. 4. Once you have reviewed the list of
documents and printed any required
fax cover sheets click on [Done]. You
will be moved forward
in the application process. 5. Before faxing your document(s), take care
to ensure the document is
legible and all information is complete and signed, if necessary. Fax only documents which are clear and
legible. Original
documents with light or faded print and/or dark or patterned
backgrounds will not be legible upon receipt.
Illegible faxed
documents cannot be used for qualification or verification purposes. 6. Place the corresponding cover sheet on top
of the document and fax
the cover sheet and document together to the fax number specified
on the cover sheet. NOTE: If you are faxing documents
from more than one category of supporting documentation, you
must submit them with the appropriate cover sheet. EACH DOCUMENT
TYPE MUST BE FAXED SEPARATELY under its corresponding cover
sheet. DO NOT FAX ALL DOCUMENTS UNDER ONE COVER SHEET. (i.e., Transcripts
are one type of document; fax all pages of your transcript
and other education-related documents under the transcript
cover sheet; the SF-50 is another document type, if you
are faxing more than one SF-50, fax them all under the SF-50 cover
sheet.) 7. Be sure to save these cover sheets in the
event you need to re- fax
your supporting documents. Each fax
transmission includes a unique
identification number and bar code, which ensures your document
is processed correctly. 8. You will receive an e-mail confirming the
fax has been successfully
received by Human Resources. You should retain your e- mail
confirmation and confirmation of your fax transmittal report as proof
of submission. Your
application will be considered incomplete and YOU WILL BE FOUND
INELIGIBLE if you fail to submit the required documentation
as specified under the required documents section by midnight
Eastern Time on the closing date of the vacancy announcement.
Sandra Wasserman
After
the position closes, qualifications are evaluated. The best qualified
and non-competitive candidates are referred to the selecitng
official for consideration.
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Job Description.
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