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Job #ACS-51313-8.19.26-TWThis position is located within the Office of Agro Consumer Services (ACS), Weights and Measures Division, In Woodworth, La. Work parishes include Rapides and Avoyelles.Ready to make a meaningful impact on Louisiana's workforce and organizational culture? Join the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry as an Agriculture Specialist! Agriculture Specialists (Inspectors) in the Weights and Measures Division inspect and test all commercial weighing and measuring devices within the state used for solid or liquid commodities to ensure that devices are accurate and correct, to ensure that these devices are used for the purpose for which they are intended and to ensure that they are properly maintained and operated.LDAF cares about the well-being of its employees! We offer a fully employer-funded Employee Assistance Program (EAP), providing valuable support and resources to help you and your household members thrive at work and at home. The EAP is also free for all members of your household.Following Policies and Procedures: The ability to comply with policies and procedures of the organization as well as State Civil Service rules, and all applicable federal and state laws.Learning Actively: The ability to acquire necessary knowledge and skills to improve performance and achieve organizational goals.Making Accurate Judgments: The ability to form an opinion objectively and decisively based on relevant information and in accordance with established standards.Managing Resources: The ability to ensure resources such as time, money, and people are utilized appropriately to result in maximum business value.Acting Decisively: The ability to make decisions quickly and effectively.Communicating Effectively: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.Demonstrating Initiative: The ability to assess information and take action independently to help the organization achieve its goals.Solving Problems: The ability to discover solutions to problems.Thinking Critically: The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion.About This JobJob #ACS-51313-8.19.26-TWThis position is located within the Office of Agro Consumer Services (ACS), Weights and Measures Division, In Woodworth, La. Work parishes include Rapides and Avoyelles.Ready to make a meaningful impact on Louisiana's workforce and organizational culture? Join the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry as an Agriculture Specialist! Agriculture Specialists (Inspectors) in the Weights and Measures Division inspect and test all commercial weighing and measuring devices within the state used for solid or liquid commodities to ensure that devices are accurate and correct, to ensure that these devices are used for the purpose for which they are intended and to ensure that they are properly maintained and operated.LDAF cares about the well-being of its employees! We offer a fully employer-funded Employee Assistance Program (EAP), providing valuable support and resources to help you and your household members thrive at work and at home. The EAP is also free for all members of your household.Selected Core Competencies:Following Policies and Procedures: The ability to comply with policies and procedures of the organization as well as State Civil Service rules, and all applicable federal and state laws.Learning Actively: The ability to acquire necessary knowledge and skills to improve performance and achieve organizational goals.Making Accurate Judgments: The ability to form an opinion objectively and decisively based on relevant information and in accordance with established standards.Managing Resources: The ability to ensure resources such as time, money, and people are utilized appropriately to result in maximum business value.Acting Decisively: The ability to make decisions quickly and effectively.Communicating Effectively: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.Demonstrating Initiative: The ability to assess information and take action independently to help the organization achieve its goals.Solving Problems: The ability to discover solutions to problems.Thinking Critically: The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion.Selected Preferred Competencies:Acting Decisively: The ability to make decisions quickly and effectively.Communicating Effectively: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.Demonstrating Initiative: The ability to assess information and take action independently to help the organization achieve its goals.Solving Problems: The ability to discover solutions to problems.Thinking Critically: The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion.Minimum QualificationsThree years of experience in one or a combination of the following:Administrative servicesInspecting or enforcing compliance with agricultural laws, rules, or regulationsInspection and testing of weighing and measuring devicesORA bachelor's degree in forestry, an agricultural, biological, chemical, environmental, health, or physical science, or an information technology, mathematics, or business field.Job SpecificationThe official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.Job Duties:Responsible for package inspections of prepackaged commodities to ensure accurate weight and labeling. Equipment inspected included electronic pricing equipment, taximeters, and all light, medium and heavy-duty devices (e.g. retail/wholesale counter scales, truck scales, stockyard and hopper scales, cattle scales, monorail or overhead scales, platform, suspension and cotton beam scales, refrigerated milk tanks, motor fuel dispensing devices, and delicate highly accurate scales used in the sale or trade of precious metals).Weighs, measures and inspects packages or amounts of commodities kept for the purpose of sale, offered for sale or sold in the process of delivery to ensure amounts represented are accurate as prescribed by law, and places stop orders on those that do not meet the specified standards.Performs inspections required by law to prove the size, quantity, extent, area or measurement of commodities or their dispensers.Tests and issues seals, tags of approval, or certificates for weighing and measuring devices and rejects those that do not meet the specified standards.Inspects labeling and markings on pre-packaged goods to ensure all products in commercial markets reflect an accurate description of the product.Maintains and utilizes equipment such as test weights, special tools, equal arm balances, etc.Obtains samples of motor fuel products from retailers, forwards samples to fuel laboratory for testing.Inspects fuel dispensing devices to ensure correct calibration and labeling; issues certification decals or rejects those that do not meet specifications.Assists the Heavy-Duty Inspectors either by directly helping with the testing of heavy-duty scales or indirectly by serving as a witness to the testing of heavy-duty scales.Other duties as may be assigned.Functional Requirements:Lifting up to 50-pound weightsReaching above the shouldersClimbing stairs and laddersWorking above and below ground levelSitting for long periods of time at workstation or vehicle for travelDriving a truck to perform inspections and investigationsWalking over irregular ground and standing for long periods of timeUsing proper techniques for lifting tools, computers, weights, hoses or other items used in either the performance of duties or attending training throughout the stateObserving recognized safety procedures in handling fuels, tools, weights, and climbing and working around hazardous structuresEnvironmental Factors:Ability to work in extremes of temperature and humidity especially while wearing required safety gearWorking indoors and outdoorsWorking around both residential and commercial structures that may be hazardousWorking with hazardous material such as fuels, oils, other hydrocarbons and chemicalsExposure to dust, bad odors, fumes, slippery surfaces, mud, and animal excrementPosition-Specific Details:Appointment Type:Full-time- this position may be filled by probation or by promotion of a classified employee of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry serving with permanent status.Applicants who are not permanent employees of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry will be required to serve a probationary period up to 24 months.Career ProgressionThis position may be filled as an Agriculture Specialist 1, 2, or 3, depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant(s).Compensation:Below positions have a Special Entrance Rate in the Career Progression Group*Agriculture Specialist 1 has an SER of $1,538.47 Bi-weekly.Agriculture Specialist 2 has an SER of $1,646.40 Bi-weekly.The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer and State as a Model Employer (SAME) to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace.Tiffany Waddell - HR AnalystLouisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry5825 Florida Blvd., Suite 1001Baton Rouge, LA 70806twaddell@ldaf.state.la.usThe Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry strictly prohibits workplace harassment and discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, sex, pregnancy, age, disability, religion, national origin, military service, sickle cell trait, protected genetic information or other non-merit factor. LDAF also strictly prohibits employment decisions based upon or influenced by such factors.Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.As a State Employee, You Will Earn Competitive Pay, Choose From a Variety Of Benefits, And Have Access To a Great Professional Development Program:Insurance Coverage. More information can be found at Leave - Up to six weeks paid parental leaveMore information can be found at and Leave - State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:New Year's DayMartin Luther King, Jr. Day,Mardi Gras,Good Friday,Memorial Day,Independence Day,Labor Day,Veteran's Day,Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the GovernorState employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.Retirement - State Of Louisiana Employees Are Eligible To Participate In Various Retirement Systems (based On The Type Of Appointment And Agency For Which An Employee Works). These Retirement Systems Provide Retirement Allowances And Other Benefits For State Officers And Employees And Their Beneficiaries. State Retirement Systems May Include (but Are Not Limited To):Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). 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