Product & Standards Inspector Trainee-Egg Inspector Trainee-Ogle County

Job Requisition ID: 47346 
Closing Date: 08/18/2025
​Agency: Department of Agriculture
Class Title: PRODUCTS & STANDARDS TRAINEE - 34605 
Skill Option: None 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary (Effective 7/1/25) $4587 a month; Full Range $4587 - $6228 a month
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Ogle; DeKalb; Lee
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: None
Merit Comp Code: 

 

This position serves in a regional capacity. Persons serving in this role are required to assume residency in Dekalb, Lee, Ogle or contiguous county and will be required to work from their home location as a base of daily operational headquarters to service their designated worksites.

 

****************A RESUME IS REQUIRED FOR THIS JOB POSTING****************

 

Please attach a DETAILED Resume/Curriculum Vitae (CV) to the MY DOCUMENTS section of your application. You WILL NOT be considered for the position if you attach a CMS100, CMS100b or any other document that is not a Resume or CV.

 

 

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Essential Functions

• Participates in on-the-job training in inspection techniques for inspecting, grading and certifying shell eggs at retail outlets and institutional locations for compliance with state and federal laws.
• Receives formal and on-the-job training in the application of laws, rules and regulations administered in the Egg Inspection Program.
• Receives initial training in performing County of Origin Labeling (COOL) Reviews.
• Learns and follows policy and procedure for care and use of state vehicle, computer, cellular devices, printer, and testing equipment.
• Participates in complaint investigations.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of two years of college, preferably, with coursework in fields relating to business, management or communications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefers knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of college, in the following order: associate degree, bachelor’s degree, advanced degree.
• Prefers completion of education beyond two years of college with a bachelor’s degree or advanced degree in the fields of accounting, agriculture, animal sciences, business, communications, management, public health or science.
• Prefers two years of experience in applying or complying with federal and/or state statutes and regulations governing inspections and/or investigation of animals, animal products, and facilities to determine compliance with equipment and facility requirements, labeling, packaging, record keeping, and sanitation.
• Prefers experience communicating with associates, businesses, and/or the general public regarding rules, procedures and/or regulatory information.
• Prefers the organizational skills and decision-making ability to prepare clear and concise written records and reports and correspondence, gather and assemble evidence, interpret compliance and issue violations.
• Prefers elementary knowledge of federal and state statutes, rules and regulations regarding inspecting, grading, and certifying shell eggs.
• Prefers the ability to establish and maintain oral communication and working relationships with businesses, comparable governmental agencies, small producers, farm and facility operators and owners, or their representatives.
• Prefers the ability to follow oral and written instruction, to write legibly