Benning Blueberries requires a Fruit Inspector on a full time basis in Sandy Beach.
Your duties will include:
- Inspect produce and related operations for compliance with laws and regulations governing health, quality, and safety.
- Auditing and monitoring quality procedures at farm and food handling and processing facilities to ensure compliance with required standards
- Testing samples of produce for quality, size and purity
- Identifying quality issues with plants and products
- Verify that transportation and handling procedures meet regulatory requirements.
- Monitor the grading performed by employees to verify conformance to standards.
- Inspect the cleanliness of establishment and the practices of the employees.
- Explain required standards to farm workers.
- Inspect or test produce to detect harmful diseases, chemical residues, or infestations.
- Monitor disease and pest infestation to farm plants
- Determine and supervise disease and pest control
- Monitor and determine irrigation practices
- Monitor and determine cultivation and pruning practices
- Inspect food products and processing procedures to determine whether products are safe to eat.
- Advise on development programs or new equipment or techniques to aid in quality production.
- Examine, weigh, and measure produce to certify qualities, grades, and weights.
- Label and seal graded products and issue official grading certificates as required.
- Take emergency actions, such as closing production facilities, if product safety is compromised.
- Direct or monitor the quarantine and treatment or destruction of plants or plant products.
- Make recommendations regarding processes of corrective action to be taken.
We are looking for somebody with a Diploma of Horticulture and at least 1 year of relevant work experience. Alternatively, we will consider applicants with 3 years of verifiable full time experience in the same or a very similar role.
Please do not apply unless you are willing to commit to a full time, long term position.
Salary offered is $75k to $85k
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $75,000.00 – $85,000.00 per year
Education:
Experience:
- Fruit Inspector: 2 years (Required)
Work Location: In person
