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Consumer Safety Inspector

USDA-FSIS · Plainwell, MI · 1 mo ago
HealthcareFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: Duties Summary, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits? The posting includes duties summary (first paragraph), then "Requirements Qualifications" (maybe combined). Then details about specialized experience per grade levels. Then benefits: $5,000 Sign on Bonus, Creditable Service for Annual Leave Accrual (CSALA), Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, Accelerated Promotion Program (specific locations), Referral Bonus Awards. Also mention shift/species variation, contact phone, employee may be detailed to any shift at any plant in Chicago District. That's part of duties? It's more like assignment details. We'll include in Duties Summary. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. There's none. We need sections only when there is real specific content. We have Duties Summary content. We have Requirements (maybe combine with Qualifications). The posting says "Requirements Qualifications". We'll make a section "Requirements" and include the qualifications text. Could also have "Qualifications" separate but they are same. Better to have one section "Requirements" that includes all qualification details. Benefits: we have specific incentives. So we can have a "Benefits" section listing those. Pay: not mentioned besides bonus. No base pay. So we should not create Pay section. Schedule: not specified besides shifts may vary; but not a defined schedule. We should not create Schedule section unless explicit. So omit. Thus output:

Duties Summary

... content ...

Requirements

... qualifications ...

Benefits

  • ... items ...
Make sure to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract duties summary text: "Duties Summary $5,000 Sign on Bonus, Creditable Service for Annual Leave Accrual (CSALA), Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program PSLF Program, Accelerated Promotion Program (Huntingburg, IN, Northwood, OH, and Plainwell, MI only), and Referral Bonus Awards are available. Shifts and species will vary based on assignment. For additional information call Harris, Walter @ 630-317-1113. Employee may be detailed to any shift at any plant in the Chicago District." We need to keep that exactly, but maybe separate the bonus list? It's part of duties summary but also benefits. However the instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real specific content for it. The bonus etc are benefits, but they appear in duties summary paragraph. We could still keep them in duties summary as given, but also have Benefits section listing them. That would duplicate info. The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Duplicating is okay? Might be considered repeating but not prohibited. However better to not duplicate: we could move the bonus etc to Benefits section and keep duties summary without those? But the duties summary sentence includes them; removing would lose info. We could keep duties summary as is, and also have Benefits section that repeats them; that's duplication but preserves all info. Might be acceptable. However maybe better to split: Duties Summary paragraph without the bonus list, and Benefits section list them. But then we would have omitted the bonus list from duties summary, altering original text. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; we can rephrase? It says do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Rephrasing is okay as long as detail preserved. We could keep the bonus list in Benefits and still mention in duties summary that "various recruitment incentives are available" without listing them. But that would be summarizing away detail (the specific incentives). So we need to keep the specific incentives somewhere. We could keep them in duties summary as given, and also list them in Benefits; that preserves detail (duplication). I'd rather not duplicate but it's okay. Let's keep duties summary exactly as given, and Benefits section list the same items. Now Requirements section: need to include all qualifications text from "Requirements Qualifications" onward, including specialized experience definitions for GS-05, GS-07, GS-08, GS-09, plus note about volunteer work, OPM standards, hazardous environment, etc. Also include the line about "The below requirements are not an all-inclusive list..." and the description of FSIS, USDA, benefits package, etc. Actually those later paragraphs about benefits package and recruitment incentives are more like benefits but we already have Benefits section. However they are part of the posting after qualifications. We should preserve them. They talk about "A career with the U.S. Government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package..." and "FSIS offers various recruitment incentives...". Those are benefits/incentives. We could include them in Benefits section as well. But we already have Benefits section listing specific incentives; we could add those descriptive sentences as

in Benefits section. Thus Benefits section will have a

describing comprehensive benefits package, then

    listing specific incentives. Let's extract the benefits descriptive text: "A career with the U.S. Government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Learn more about federal benefits." Then: "FSIS offers various recruitment incentives to newly hired eligible Consumer Safety Inspectors (CSI). You may be eligible for one or more of the following:" then list. Thus Benefits section:

    A career with the U.S. Government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Learn more about federal benefits.

    FSIS offers various recruitment incentives to newly hired eligible Consumer Safety Inspectors (CSI). You may be eligible for one or more of the following:

    • $5,000 Sign on Bonus: Newly appointed only.
    • Creditable Service for Annual Leave Accrual: Calculated to determine the annual leave accrual rate (CSALA)
    • Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program: For more information please visit: PSLF Program
    • Accelerated Promotion Program (Huntingburg, IN, Northwood, OH, and Plainwell, MI only)
    • $1,000 Employee Referral Bonus Award eligible: Paid to employees who refer applicants who are hired with FSIS.
    Now Duties Summary: include the first paragraph exactly as given. Let's copy: "Duties Summary $5,000 Sign on Bonus, Creditable Service for Annual Leave Accrual (CSALA), Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program PSLF Program, Accelerated Promotion Program (Huntingburg, IN, Northwood, OH, and Plainwell, MI only), and Referral Bonus Awards are available. Shifts and species will vary based on assignment. For additional information call Harris, Walter @ 630-317-1113. Employee may be detailed to any shift at any plant in the Chicago District." We need to ensure no extra spaces at start. We'll output as

    ...

    . Now Requirements section: need to include all text from "Requirements Qualifications" through the end before the benefits descriptive text? Actually after qualifications there is also the description of FSIS, USDA, benefits package etc which we moved to Benefits. So we need to cut off before "A career with the U.S. Government...". Let's locate where that starts: after "... For more information on incentives, see Additional Information." Then next sentence: "A career with the U.S. Government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package." So we stop before that. Thus Requirements section includes: "Requirements Qualifications Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement, including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. Specialized experience: Specialized experience is experience that provided you with knowledge of the properties and characteristics of regulated food commodities or other products for human consumption. Such experience may have been acquired in work such as consumer safety inspector or inspection aide, food inspector, public health inspector, quality inspection specialist, or similar position with responsibility for sampling, quality control and sanitation in a food manufacturing or production environment, or similar environment for other ingestible items. See specific grade level specialized experience definitions below. For the GS-05 Level: Applicants must have at least 52 weeks of qualifying experience that provided knowledge of the properties and characteristics of regulated food commodities and substances; such as: meat, poultry, fish, eggs, or other food or beverages for human consumption, or other ingestible substances, such as pharmaceuticals. You are to show in your resume examples such as applying proper techniques for collecting samples and/or performing field tests and examinations (e.g. identifying abnormalities in the product or production environment and recommending corrective actions), developing written reports and/or reporting findings of results orally (e.g. documenting abnormalities in the product or production environment and communicating those findings to others), and/or skill in maintaining effective personal contacts with a variety of individuals (e.g. discussing findings with internal or external contacts regarding the food safety standards established in the production environment), or other similar work making determinations on products for human consumption or the production environment (e.g. ensuring conformance with established standards). Such experience may have been acquired working positions such as consumer safety inspector or inspection aid, food inspector, public health inspector, quality inspection specialist, or other related position. 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. Your resume should demonstrate at least 52 weeks of experience in independently carrying out routine, standard assignments on a regular and recurring basis that provided you with knowledge of the properties and characteristics of regulated food commodities and substances; such as: meat, poultry, fish, eggs, or other food for human consumption, and other ingestible substances, such as pharmaceuticals. 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). In addition to the qualifications above, 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, AmeriCorps) 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. For additional information, please click here. The below requirements are not an all-inclusive list. Failure to fully meet a functional requirement is not automatically disqualifying. The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) responsible for protecting the public's health by ensuring the safety of the Nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and processed egg products. USDA is a great place to start or continue your career. For more information visit FSIS." We need to ensure we didn't

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