Job Description

Job Description and Duties

Per CCR 249.3, this job control may be used to fill subsequent vacancies.

Under supervision of the Senior Environmental Scientist (Supervisory), the incumbent performs non-professional assignments of average difficulty in the field or office setting. These assignments may include activities related to animal health, food safety, emergency management and other special programs and functions. The Agriculture Technician I must have knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite, the ability to communicate and follow both oral and written instructions and the ability to work with others as a team.

• Receive hands-on training by observing other CDFA employees in their response to current outbreaks, including field work and data collection

• Enter relevant data, including new and existing animal health facilities, ranches, dairies and other locations, into the AHFSS Emerging Threats database system to ensure priority information is ready and accurate upon need

• Travel throughout the state with AHFSS field staff to act as additional help in field inspections

• Assist field staff in gathering samples

• Correct or “cleanse” existing data in the AHFSS’s centralized animal health and food safety inspection and reporting database to ensure it is ready during animal disease outbreaks

• Answer phone line and direct to appropriate staff when needed

• Respond to animal health emergencies and serve as an Incident Management Team member

• Travel throughout the state during emergency outbreaks for long periods of time, including weekends and holidays

Candidates may perform these essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

You will find additional information about the job in the .

Working Conditions

The duties of this position are mostly conducted indoors, however incumbent may occasionally be required to work outside and under difficult conditions.

Indoor activities may include:

• Operating a computer with various software programs, including e-mail and word processing

• Entering data in a computer database

• Operating a telephone, facsimile, calculator, and copier

• Operating various filing drawers and bins

• Processing paperwork and samples

• Presenting to large groups

Outdoor activities may include:

• Working in livestock facilities at various locations including saleyards and milking parlors

• Inspecting livestock at farms, ranches, and saleyards or other livestock facilities

• Taking samples from livestock at farms, ranches, saleyards, or other livestock facilities

• Frequent travel by State vehicle or other modes of transportation to various locations in California

• Standing for extended periods of time

• Potential exposure to allergens

The incumbent may encounter:

• Confrontational, unfriendly, or irate individuals

• Quickly moving heavy gates

• Stampeding livestock

• Crowded milking parlors, feedlots, swine pens and broiler barns

• Heavy machinery

• Extremes in temperature

• High levels of noise

• Various unpleasant odors

• Sick and diseased animals

• Steep or uneven terrain

Regular or recurring telework may occur as part of the incumbent’s ongoing regular schedule in accordance with CDFA’s Telework Policy.

Benefits

Benefit information can be found on the CalHR website and the CalPERS website.

Hard Copy Applications

If you are dropping off or mailing in your application, please use the Examination/Employment Application, STD 678 Revised 6/2024 version.

Required Application Package Documents

The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:

• Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 (when not applying electronically), or the Electronic State Employment Application through your Applicant Account at All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position.
• Resume is optional. It may be included, but is not required.

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