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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
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POSITION DESCRIPTION FOR JOB POSTING |
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Position Number: 50578962 |
Description Activated On: 5/13/2025 12:17:32 PM |
Position Purpose: Describe the primary purpose of this position and how it contributes to the organization’s objectives. Example: Provides clerical and office support within the Division to ensure its operations are conducted efficiently and effectively. Assists Plant Inspectors and Supervisor with plant inspection duties to ensure compliance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations; ensures the Bureau’s field activities are performed and completed in an effective and efficient manner. |
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Description of Duties: Describe in detail the duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. Descriptions should include the major end result of the task. Example: Types correspondence, reports, and other various documents from handwritten drafts for review and signature of the supervisor. Inspects agricultural product establishments such as nurseries, greenhouses, tree farms, and agronomic products retail establishments for proper storage, record keeping, sanitation, employee training, worker safety and proper permits. Assists Regional Plant Inspectors and Regional Supervisor with investigations and complaints involving plant pests and pesticide worker protection in all types of plant propagation establishments to prevent plant and human harm; and assists Plant Inspectors and Supervisor with investigations in suspected cases to determine the validity of, and/or eliminating the cause of the plant or human harm. Receives and reviews applications for the licensure of nurseries and nursery dealers. Accurately identify plant pests through observations, species key and other resources. Accurately Identify plant material to species level. Assists Plant Inspectors and Supervisor with insuring that facilities comply with Commonwealth laws and regulations and Federal laws and regulations for interstate shipment of plant material. Provides advice to nurseries and greenhouses on proper record keeping, storage of chemicals, worker protection, disposal of pesticides and pesticide containers. Meets with public and industry officials to provide program information. Assists Regional Supervisor when responding to emergency situations affecting plants, such as invasive and noxious weeds, mollusks and insects and plant diseases that threaten the environment, Pennsylvania agriculture or the green industry. Reviews fertilizer and pesticide labels for compliance with Pennsylvania State and Federal laws and regulations. Conducts plant pest surveys often coordinated with the United States Department of Agriculture and Harrisburg staff. Inspects nurseries and greenhouses where pesticides are used for safety to include water supplies, personal protective equipment, emergency equipment and other factors under the pesticide law and regulations. Informs public and private officials of changes in program policies, procedures, Departmental rules and regulations. Prepares reports and correspondence to exchange information with facility owners, governmental officials and supervisors. Prepares and delivers formal presentations regarding all aspects of the programs to groups. Detains or quarantines plant material that is suspected of being infected with a plant disease or infested with an insect or mollusk of concern, or which violates state or federal law and/or regulation. Develops and manages a record keeping system to provide for an efficient and timely completion of required inspections and administrative functions. Assists Plant Inspectors and Regional Supervisor with investigations and complaints involving plant material for the control of plant pests and pesticide worker safety in nurseries and greenhouses. Provides resources on integrated pest management, biological control and pesticide use for the control of plant pests in greenhouse and nursery settings. Assists Plant Inspectors or Supervisor when inspecting facilities and crops associated with clean culture programs such as the impatiens certification program and geranium certification program. Assists Plant Inspectors or Supervisor when researching foreign export certification requirements with the aid of EXCERPT (Export Certification Project), an on-line computer reference system. Assists with administering pesticide certification exams, monitoring pesticide recertification meetings and making presentations. Conducts sampling of assorted agronomic products and ingredients, such as fertilizers and seeds, for laboratory analysis to determine compliance with applicable standards and regulations as well as to prevent fraudulent practices. Demonstrates a commitment to meeting and exceeding expectations of the bureau/program’s customers at all times. Apply LEAN tools to day-to-day tasks when a process has been identified for improvement. Performs other related work as required |
Decision Making: Describe the types of decisions made by the incumbent of this position and the types of decisions referred to others. Identify the problems or issues that can be resolved at the level of this position, versus those that must be referred to the supervisor. Example: In response to a customer inquiry, this work involves researching the status of an activity and preparing a formal response for the supervisor’s signature. Employees are supervised by a Plant Industry Regional Supervisor. Work is performed independently under general direction. Work is reviewed through consultation, meetings and a review of written reports. |
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Requirements Profile: Identify any specific experience or requirements, such as a licensure, registration, or certification, which may be necessary to perform the functions of the position. Position-specific requirements should be consistent with a Special Requirement or other criteria identified in the classification specification covering this position. Example: Experience using Java; Professional Engineer License Experience: Licenses, registrations, or certifications: 1. Class C Driver's License 2. N/A 3. N/A 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A |
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Essential Functions: Provide a list of essential functions for this position. Example: Transports boxes weighing up to 60 pounds.
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