Consumer Safety Inspector

Overview

Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program is available. Shifts and species will vary based on assignment. Employee may be detailed to any shift at any plant in the Denver District.

For add'l information call:
Dr. Lisa Last 503‑510‑2506 or lisa.last.

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement, including time‑in‑grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. Time‑In‑Grade:
Applicants must have completed one year at the next lower grade to be considered for the next higher grade. (e.g., one year at the GS‑05 grade level for consideration for the GS‑07 grade level.)

• Specialized experience:
  Experience that provided knowledge of the properties and characteristics of regulated food commodities or other products for human consumption.
• Experience may have been acquired in work such as consumer safety inspector, inspection aide, food inspector, public health inspector, quality inspection specialist, or similar positions with responsibility for sampling, quality control and sanitation in a food manufacturing or production environment, or similar environment for other ingestible items.

For the GS‑07 Level: In addition to the qualifications above, applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS‑05 level), and incumbents are expected to have performed standard and recurrent duties on an independent basis.

For the GS‑08 Level: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS‑07 level). In addition to the qualifications above, experience must include working with the Federal Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Acts in order to inspect meat, poultry and egg products; working with basic SSOP and HACCP principles and practices in order to verify plant HACCP and SSOP responsibilities;

performing basic mathematics and elementary statistical concepts and methods to perform testing and sampling procedures; and experience in reaching and interpreting conclusions.

For the GS‑09 Level: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS‑08 level). Incumbents are expected to have experience working at a more independent level than lower graded CSIs, which may include duties such as recommending refusal of exports and providing temporary coverage at locations outside of the official duty station.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Please view OPM's Qualifications Standards, Consumer Safety Inspector Series, GS‑1862.

The duties of a Consumer Safety Inspector are performed in a hazardous working environment.

The below requirements are not an all‑inclusive list. Failure to fully meet a functional requirement is not automatically disqualifying.