Agricultural photographer job description
This post includes 3 parts: duties list, job qualification and job description writing tips for Agricultural photographer in details. A comp...
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This post includes 3 parts: duties list, job qualification and job description writing tips for Agricultural photographer in details. A complete job description concludes Agricultural photographer key duties/responsibilities, Agricultural photographer job qualifications (knowledge, education, skills, abilities, experience…KSA model) and other ones such as daily tasks, key activities, key/core competencies, job functions/purpose…
I. List of Agricultural photographer duties:
- Inspects individual lots of products for the purpose of determining lot identification, type and condition of packages, condition of product, and to select representative samples from the lot for grading purposes.
- Interprets and applies official standards and regulations in the grading and certification of either butter or cheese according to degree and intensity of such factors as flavor, body, texture, color, finish and appearance, and may conduct laboratory analyses for identified grade factors and other specified criteria.
- Performs condition inspections of products and/or packaging to determine kind and extent of defects and whether defects in products were caused by transit delays, improper packing, faulty loading, improper storage, other damage, or by inherent product instability.
- May inspect and grade other dairy related products, subject to frequent spot-checks, for technical accuracy and advice on difficult or borderline grade determinations.
- Performs cursory sanitary inspections at plants processing and repackaging dairy products.
- Checks accuracy of scales for weighing and establishes an accurate tare weight of packaging material, weighs samples of product, and computes a
II. List of Agricultural photographer qualifications
1. Valid California driver’s license
2. Good driving record (please provide a recent DMV printout)
3. Good attitude
4. Speak and write in fluent English
5. Work outdoors and on uneven terrain
6. Work with pesticides
7. Work well in a group
8. Follow directions
9. Work hard and productively
10. Field work
11. Customer service
12. Map reading
13. Biological/Agricultural/Environmental background
III. Tips to write job description
1. Too-long job description:
Looking at a too-long job description can frighten the candidates off and drive the away. A job description, no matter how important the job is, should not be included in more than 3 pages. If one focuses on too many things at a time, he shall definitely lose focus on the main items and get overwhelmed by the remaining; So, keep it concisely.
2. Too-short job description:
While too-long can be a problem, too-short is more a problem. It will ruin the meaning of the job description. A too-short one means it lacks necessary details and therefore, the candidate will not be able to understand while reading it.
3. Listing unnecessary functions or job duties:
Just classifying these into the “others” category will save you a lot of effort and space. On the other hand, the job description will become more dilute and easy to be neglected.
4. Key functions
Not listing key functions as required for the job can be a fatal mistake to a job description.
5. Grammar and spelling
Poor grammar and having spelling errors can ruin the job description, too. Never think that as you are the employer, you may have the right to make grammar or spelling errors while requires other not to. A job description with such errors is easily to be mistaken as a fake or ghost ads; as a result, the candidate will turn away from it.
6. Not specific enough:
Be specific and concise; if you don’t address the specific, then what the job description is for. It is for the candidate to understand just exactly what he needs to do or needs to have. Lacking details can confuse the candidates very well.
7. Not having the job description reviewed by others:
This is also a common mistake. One may be subject to bias, but more than one, especially with the help of those external advisor, the job description can be more perfect.
8. Using buzzwords or abbreviations:
In fact, it is not necessary at all to use such in a job description.
9. Using slang or legal words:
Just use common wording to communicate with others and don’t do anything extraordinarily.
10. Not updating the job description:
The same job may require different duties and responsibilities in different times, so, you cannot use the same job description for 2 different times.
While too-long can be a problem, too-short is more a problem. It will ruin the meaning of the job description. A too-short one means it lacks necessary details and therefore, the candidate will not be able to understand while reading it.
3. Listing unnecessary functions or job duties:
Just classifying these into the “others” category will save you a lot of effort and space. On the other hand, the job description will become more dilute and easy to be neglected.
4. Key functions
Not listing key functions as required for the job can be a fatal mistake to a job description.
5. Grammar and spelling
Poor grammar and having spelling errors can ruin the job description, too. Never think that as you are the employer, you may have the right to make grammar or spelling errors while requires other not to. A job description with such errors is easily to be mistaken as a fake or ghost ads; as a result, the candidate will turn away from it.
6. Not specific enough:
Be specific and concise; if you don’t address the specific, then what the job description is for. It is for the candidate to understand just exactly what he needs to do or needs to have. Lacking details can confuse the candidates very well.
7. Not having the job description reviewed by others:
This is also a common mistake. One may be subject to bias, but more than one, especially with the help of those external advisor, the job description can be more perfect.
8. Using buzzwords or abbreviations:
In fact, it is not necessary at all to use such in a job description.
9. Using slang or legal words:
Just use common wording to communicate with others and don’t do anything extraordinarily.
10. Not updating the job description:
The same job may require different duties and responsibilities in different times, so, you cannot use the same job description for 2 different times.
