Primary Products Inspectors

This occupation may include associated occupations with varying tasks.

• inspecting animals plants and agricultural produce to identify product quality issues and providing advice to producers
• auditing and monitoring quality procedures at farms and food handling and processing facilities to ensure compliance with required standards
• testing samples of produce for quality size and purity
• ensuring that required standards of hygiene are observed at storage processing and packing facilities and in transport vehicles
• advising primary producers on economic aspects of disease eradication and informing producers and the general public of the health implications of diseases and impurities
• advising on the identification of pests and diseases and on regulations pertaining to grading packing and loading of products
• examining imported plants and animals and products such as timber seeds and dried fruits and making quarantine arrangements
• patrolling and investigating waterways for unlawful fishing activities and the removal of protected marine life
• educating advising and providing information on a wide range of topics relating to fish and their protection
• may initiate or assist in legal action to enforce regulations

If you’re interested in air, road, maritime, rail or land transport, then the Transport, Postal and Warehousing industry could be for you.The Transport, Postal and Warehousing industry is responsible for the safe and prompt delivery of people and goods via a variety of channels, including scenic and sightseeing transport, and for the storage and sorting or ‘warehousing’ of freight before delivery. The sector encompasses logistics (managing & organising the transport), infrastructure, (such as roads, air and rail), and numerous support roles such as customs officers, couriers, tugboat operators and forklift drivers.If you choose this vocational pathway you could work in road transport as a bus, train or taxi driver; in construction as a mobile crane operator; or even in coastal or ocean-going marine operations as a deckhand, engine driver or cook. There are many possibilities, so check out the list of qualifications below!

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