Food Inspector
Imports Job in
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Vacancy No. |
FSIS-MMP-2008-1537 |
Department |
Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service |
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Salary |
$32,534.00 to $51,738.00 |
Grade |
07 to 09 |
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Perm/Temp |
Permanent |
FT/PT |
Full-time |
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Open Date |
9/10/2008 |
Close Date |
9/24/2008 |
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Job Link |
Who may apply |
Status Candidates |
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Job Description (Please
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Current
FSIS Employees Nationwide and USDA Career Transition
Eligibles (CTAP). **This
position entitles the selectee to a Non-foreign Area Cost-of- Living
Allowance (Post Differential) rate of 25% of the listed base salary.**
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: This
position is located in the Office of International Affairs, Import
Inspection Division. This position is
located at or near a large
port of entry where diversified quantities of meat and meat and poultry products are imported into the
As
a Food Inspector (Imports), here are some of the duties you will be
assigned to do: Major
Duties: You will be responsible for assuring
that products approved for
import are in full compliance with all applicable Federal regulations governing the importation of meat and poultry
products. You will be responsible for
verifying the accuracy of labels and
foreign health certificates and examining products and containers
to determine if the product is sound, wholesome, unadulterated, and meets You will have the authority to
refuse entry of any meat or poultry
or meat or poultry products which in your judgment violates any
of the requirements for admission into this country, and also to authorize
entry of all products considered to comply with Federal regulations. You will issue notification to
customs, brokers, imports, etc.,
if products that are refused for entry and you will assure that
such products are controlled and properly secure You will be responsible for
applying heightened observation skills
to increase scrutiny for evidence of unusual activity related to
food safety/security in the event of a declared or perceived threat to the homeland security. You may perform domestic
inspection on cross utilization basis with the Office of Field Operations (OFO). As such, you will verify
regulatory compliance with the full range of Sanitation Standard
Operating Procedures (SSOP) and Hazard Analysis Critical Control
Point (HACCP) food safety and other inspection requirements involving
slaughter and/or processed products depending upon the specific plant(s) in the assignment.
For
the Food Inspector (Imports) 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-9 or higher, you are considered a "non- competitive"
eligible and you are not eligible to apply to this announcement. In
order to receive consideration for this position, Form 4335-3 must
be submitted for noncompetitive consideration (reassignment, change
to lower grade, or noncompetitive re-promotion) under the Voluntary
Reassignment System. Noncompetitive
applicants must
submit a hard copy Form 4335-3, Employee Request for Reassignment,
in order to receive consideration.
Completed forms should
be submitted to: USDA, FSIS, HRFO
Internal Placement
Systems Section,
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 processfor 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. 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 requires
a National Security clearance.
Therefore, as a condition of continued employment, the incumbent must successfully complete
a background investigation with a favorable adjudication.
Failure to successfully meet these requirements
could lead to adverse action proceedings including possible termination. NOTE: Entitlement to the payment of relocation
expenses will be determined
in accordance with the provisions outlined in FSIS Directive 3820.2. Multiple
selections: This announcement may be used to fill additional,
like vacancies should any occur in the announced duty location. If
selection is made below GS-9, promotion to that level may be made without further competition. 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. 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 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). 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.
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
FOR THIS VACANCY. (such as SF-50, Transcripts, Performance Appraisals,
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.
Keith McFarlin
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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applications on behalf of Federal Agencies. Application instructions are listed
within the Job Description.
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