Quality Assurance Technician I
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can include those headings only if content present. We have content for About the role (Summary). Responsibilities (Essential Duties...). Skills (Knowledge, Skills...). Qualifications. Benefits. Pay (hourly wage range, shift premium, bonus). Schedule (shift hours). Also maybe "Requirements" not separate; we have Qualifications. So we will not include Requirements heading. We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. We'll keep location and employee type maybe in a short paragraph before sections? The instruction: fold minor metadata into a short
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with location, employee type, shift/hours? But shift/hours goes to Schedule section. Location and Employee Type could be in a short paragraph. We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract details: Location: Onsite at Cashton Conversion & Labeling Facility (CALF) in Cashton, WI. Employee Type: Hourly Bonus: eligible for 3% annual incentive bonus based on cooperative and individual performance. Safety Sensitive: Yes (maybe not needed but could be included in summary? Might be minor; we can include in a paragraph.) Summary Of Role: The Quality Assurance Technician I – CALF executes, performs, records, logs, monitors, and follows quality and food safety processes across conversion, labeling, and finishing operations. This role supports the implementation of food safety and quality systems through routine process checks, documentation, monitoring, and verification activities. The position contributes to regulatory and corporate compliance by ensuring consistent execution of procedures and maintaining accurate quality records. The role also provides back‑up support to Distribution Center (DC) laboratory programs, assisting with sample handling, documentation, and basic testing activities as needed. The position works closely with Operations, Quality Assurance, and Distribution Center teams to support product integrity, labeling accuracy, and compliance throughout CALF operations. Essential Duties And Responsibilities: broken into percentages: - Food Safety, Quality & Compliance Support – 30%: list bullet points. - Conversion, Labeling, Traceability & Inventory Control – 30%: bullet points. - Documentation, Systems & Data Management 30%: bullet points. - Sampling, Testing, Environmental Monitoring & Quality Verification 10%: bullet points. Additional Duties And Responsibilities: list bullet points. Knowledge, Skills And Competencies: list bullet points. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in STEM Field Preferred; 0-3 years of experience in quality assurance, food safety, or laboratory operations; Experience in manufacturing, packaging, labeling, or distribution environments preferred. Pay: Base hourly wage range: $26.34 - $31.93 per hour. The typical hourly wage for a new hire with little or no experience is $26.34. This position also receives a $2.00 per hour shift premium between the hours of 6pm and 12am, a $3.00 per hour shift premium between the hours of 12am and 6am or this position receives a $2.00 per hour shift premium on Saturdays and Sundays. This hourly wage range is exclusive of fringe benefits. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary bonuses. If you are hired at CROPP, your final base hourly wage compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience. Additionally, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider the internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Please keep in mind that entry-level candidates to this role should expect to be at the lower end of the hourly wage range and hiring at the maximum of the hourly wage range is not typical. Benefits: list bullet points. Schedule: shift/hours are 3:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. We need to output HTML fragment only, no /. Use
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Let's craft.
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for metadata: Location – Onsite at the Cashton Conversion & Labeling Facility (CALF) in Cashton, WI. Employee Type – Hourly. Safety Sensitive – Yes. Bonus – eligible for a 3% annual incentive bonus based on cooperative and individual performance.
Then sections:
About the role
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Responsibilities
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We need to include the percentages? Could include them in the duty text. Eg: "Food Safety, Quality & Compliance Support – 30%: Execute and follow food safety programs including HACCP/HARPC, PRPs, Food Defense, and traceability requirements". We'll keep as is.
We'll need to split each bullet.
Let's list all duty bullet points from the posting:
Food Safety, Quality & Compliance Support – 30%
- Execute and follow food safety programs including HACCP/HARPC, PRPs, Food Defense, and traceability requirements
- Perform monitoring activities for food safety controls and record results accurately
- Maintain compliance with SOPs and work instructions
- Assist and support food safety program execution as directed
- Assist with audit preparation and documentation gathering
- Participate in audits as directed
- Ensure work areas and records are audit-ready
- Follow instructions to support compliance activities
Conversion, Labeling, Traceability & Inventory Control – 30%
- Perform verification checks for labeling, packaging, and product handling processes
- Complete production paperwork reviews to ensure accuracy and completeness
- Monitor labeling accuracy, coding, and product identification
- Record and communicate deviations or inconsistencies to QA personnel
- Assist in correction activities under direction
- Support hold and release processes through recordkeeping and system updates
- Monitor inventory status and maintain accurate records
- Follow procedures supporting recall readiness and product control
Documentation, Systems & Data Management 30%
- Record, log, and maintain quality documentation in accordance with procedures
- Log deviations, holds, and quality events in designated systems
- Ensure records are accurate, complete, and retrievable
- Follow document control requirements and filing standards
- Execute quality system tasks, including data entry and record maintenance
- Follow procedures for system use (SAP, WMS, or other systems as assigned)
- Ensure accuracy of system entries and documentation
- Maintain compliance with system requirements and SOPs
Sampling, Testing, Environmental Monitoring & Quality Verification 10%
- Assist with sample collection, labeling, and handling for product and environmental testing
- Perform basic testing tasks as trained and directed
- Record and log test results accurately
- Maintain sample documentation and chain-of-custody records
- Perform environmental and hygiene monitoring sample collection and logging
- Assist with sanitation verification activities, including ATP and hygiene checks
- Monitor sanitation records for completeness
Additional Duties And Responsibilities
- Assist and support Operations, QA, and DC teams in daily activities
- Participate in routine meetings as needed
- Communicate quality concerns or observations to QA leadership
- Contribute to team-based execution of quality tasks
- Participate in implementation of continuous improvement activities as assigned
- Follow updated procedures and training requirements
- Provide feedback on workflows when requested
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Now Knowledge, Skills And Competencies bullet points:
- Knowledge of food safety systems (HACCP/HARPC, CCPs, GMPs)
- Understanding of quality assurance processes and laboratory testing
- Ability to interpret data and support decision-making
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
- Ability to analyze, validate, and coordinate work across functions
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs
- Strong analytical problem solving and performance management capabilities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong research skills
- Dairy/plant experience preferred
Qualifications bullet points:
- Bachelor’s degree in STEM Field Preferred
- 0-3 years of experience in quality assurance, food safety, or laboratory operations
- Experience in manufacturing, packaging, labeling, or distribution environments preferred
Benefits bullet points (list from posting):
- Comprehensive Health Insurance - Choice of plans for you and your family, including some that can be paired with an HSA (which CROPP contributes to on your behalf)
- Supplemental insurances: we offer accidental insurance, critical illness insurance, and hospital indemnity insurance.
- Time Off – 136 hours in the 1st year of employment prorated by start date. Plus 9 paid holidays, plus one floating holiday to use at will.
- 6 Weeks Paid Parental Leave – For all gendered partners in childbirth or adoption.
- Vision & Dental Insurance – Free annual eye exam, discounts on glasses/contacts, flexible dental network, adult ortho.
- 401k – We match 100% up to the first 3% of an employee’s contribution, and then 50% for 3.1%-5.0% of employee contributions.
- Free services at five local Neighborhood Family Clinics.
- Tuition Reimbursement – Up to $1,500 per year to support continuing higher education.
- Life Insurance - $50,000 policy funded by CROPP for each employee. Supplemental voluntary coverage available for employees, spouses, and children.
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability/AD&D Insurance - $50,000 of life insurance coverage of $50,000 of AD&D coverage funded by CROPP for each employee.
- Employee Assistance Program - Free and Confidential for employees, spouses, and dependents.
- Free biometric screenings (cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure) and health coaching.
- Financial advisors and seminars
- Annual $360 Lifestyle Spending Account
Pay section: need to include wage range, shift premium, bonus (though bonus already in metadata but we can include). We'll include:
- Base hourly wage range: $26.34 - $31.93 per hour.
- Typical hourly wage for a new hire with little or no experience is $26.34.
- Shift premium
for prose. We need to decide what goes into lists. For Responsibilities, we have subcategories with bullet points. Could make a
- with each duty as
- . Could also keep subheadings? Not required but could include inside
- . Probably fine to just list all duties as
- . Ensure we preserve all substantive info. Similarly for Knowledge, Skills And Competencies: list as
- . Qualifications: list as
- . Benefits: list as
- . Pay: we have prose about wage range, shift premium, bonus. Could be
elements. Schedule:
stating shift hours. Also include a short paragraph for metadata: location, employee type, safety sensitive, bonus? Bonus already in Pay maybe. But we can include location and employee type in a
before sections. Let's craft. First, a
for metadata: Location – Onsite at the Cashton Conversion & Labeling Facility (CALF) in Cashton, WI. Employee Type – Hourly. Safety Sensitive – Yes. Bonus – eligible for a 3% annual incentive bonus based on cooperative and individual performance. Then sections:
About the role
withcontaining Summary Of Role text.
Responsibilities
with- ... all duty bullet points. We need to include the percentages? Could include them in the duty text. Eg: "Food Safety, Quality & Compliance Support – 30%: Execute and follow food safety programs including HACCP/HARPC, PRPs, Food Defense, and traceability requirements". We'll keep as is. We'll need to split each bullet. Let's list all duty bullet points from the posting: Food Safety, Quality & Compliance Support – 30% - Execute and follow food safety programs including HACCP/HARPC, PRPs, Food Defense, and traceability requirements - Perform monitoring activities for food safety controls and record results accurately - Maintain compliance with SOPs and work instructions - Assist and support food safety program execution as directed - Assist with audit preparation and documentation gathering - Participate in audits as directed - Ensure work areas and records are audit-ready - Follow instructions to support compliance activities Conversion, Labeling, Traceability & Inventory Control – 30% - Perform verification checks for labeling, packaging, and product handling processes - Complete production paperwork reviews to ensure accuracy and completeness - Monitor labeling accuracy, coding, and product identification - Record and communicate deviations or inconsistencies to QA personnel - Assist in correction activities under direction - Support hold and release processes through recordkeeping and system updates - Monitor inventory status and maintain accurate records - Follow procedures supporting recall readiness and product control Documentation, Systems & Data Management 30% - Record, log, and maintain quality documentation in accordance with procedures - Log deviations, holds, and quality events in designated systems - Ensure records are accurate, complete, and retrievable - Follow document control requirements and filing standards - Execute quality system tasks, including data entry and record maintenance - Follow procedures for system use (SAP, WMS, or other systems as assigned) - Ensure accuracy of system entries and documentation - Maintain compliance with system requirements and SOPs Sampling, Testing, Environmental Monitoring & Quality Verification 10% - Assist with sample collection, labeling, and handling for product and environmental testing - Perform basic testing tasks as trained and directed - Record and log test results accurately - Maintain sample documentation and chain-of-custody records - Perform environmental and hygiene monitoring sample collection and logging - Assist with sanitation verification activities, including ATP and hygiene checks - Monitor sanitation records for completeness Additional Duties And Responsibilities - Assist and support Operations, QA, and DC teams in daily activities - Participate in routine meetings as needed - Communicate quality concerns or observations to QA leadership - Contribute to team-based execution of quality tasks - Participate in implementation of continuous improvement activities as assigned - Follow updated procedures and training requirements - Provide feedback on workflows when requested - Other duties as assigned by supervisor. Now Knowledge, Skills And Competencies bullet points: - Knowledge of food safety systems (HACCP/HARPC, CCPs, GMPs) - Understanding of quality assurance processes and laboratory testing - Ability to interpret data and support decision-making - Strong attention to detail and organizational skills - Ability to analyze, validate, and coordinate work across functions - Knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs - Strong analytical problem solving and performance management capabilities - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Strong research skills - Dairy/plant experience preferred Qualifications bullet points: - Bachelor’s degree in STEM Field Preferred - 0-3 years of experience in quality assurance, food safety, or laboratory operations - Experience in manufacturing, packaging, labeling, or distribution environments preferred Benefits bullet points (list from posting): - Comprehensive Health Insurance - Choice of plans for you and your family, including some that can be paired with an HSA (which CROPP contributes to on your behalf) - Supplemental insurances: we offer accidental insurance, critical illness insurance, and hospital indemnity insurance. - Time Off – 136 hours in the 1st year of employment prorated by start date. Plus 9 paid holidays, plus one floating holiday to use at will. - 6 Weeks Paid Parental Leave – For all gendered partners in childbirth or adoption. - Vision & Dental Insurance – Free annual eye exam, discounts on glasses/contacts, flexible dental network, adult ortho. - 401k – We match 100% up to the first 3% of an employee’s contribution, and then 50% for 3.1%-5.0% of employee contributions. - Free services at five local Neighborhood Family Clinics. - Tuition Reimbursement – Up to $1,500 per year to support continuing higher education. - Life Insurance - $50,000 policy funded by CROPP for each employee. Supplemental voluntary coverage available for employees, spouses, and children. - Short-Term & Long-Term Disability/AD&D Insurance - $50,000 of life insurance coverage of $50,000 of AD&D coverage funded by CROPP for each employee. - Employee Assistance Program - Free and Confidential for employees, spouses, and dependents. - Free biometric screenings (cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure) and health coaching. - Financial advisors and seminars - Annual $360 Lifestyle Spending Account Pay section: need to include wage range, shift premium, bonus (though bonus already in metadata but we can include). We'll include: - Base hourly wage range: $26.34 - $31.93 per hour. - Typical hourly wage for a new hire with little or no experience is $26.34. - Shift premium