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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Grade, sort, or classify unprocessed food and other agricultural products by size, weight, color, or condition. | Grade and sort products according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell, and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. | |||
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Discard inferior or defective products and/or foreign matter, and place acceptable products in containers for further processing. | ||||
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Weigh products or estimate their weight, visually or by feel. | ||||
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Place products in containers according to grade and mark grades on containers. | ||||
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Record grade and/or identification numbers on tags or on shipping, receiving, or sales sheets. | ||||
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Separate fiber tufts between fingers to assess strength, uniformity, and cohesive quality of fibers. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
- Knowledges
- Skills
- Abilites
- Tools and Technology
- Education and Experience
- Alternate Job Titles
- Salaries
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | |||
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Microsoft Word | Word processing software | |||
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12-inch aluminum Kemper calipers | Calipers | |||
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6-inch plastic calipers | Calipers | |||
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Apple corers | Domestic apple corer | |||
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Belt conveyors | Belt conveyors | |||
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Binocular light compound microscopes | Binocular light compound microscopes | |||
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Cherry sizers | Grading machines for seed or grain or dried leguminous vegetables | |||
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Color sorters | Sorting machines for seed or grain or dried leguminous vegetables | |||
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Crate openers | Pry bars | |||
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Cross belt sorters | Sorting machines for seed or grain or dried leguminous vegetables | |||
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Deformation testers | Grading machines for seed or grain or dried leguminous vegetables | |||
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Diameter sorting machines | Sorting machines for seed or grain or dried leguminous vegetables | |||
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Digital calipers | Calipers | |||
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Digital cameras | Digital cameras | |||
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Digital refractometers | Handheld refractometers or polarimeters | |||
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Digital surface thermometers | Surface thermometers | |||
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Diverter samplers | Sample holders | |||
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Drag conveyors | Chain conveyors | |||
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Electronic penetrometers | Penetrometers | |||
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Firmness testers | Grading machines for seed or grain or dried leguminous vegetables | |||
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Garlic presses | Domestic garlic press | |||
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General purpose sizers | Grading machines for seed or grain or dried leguminous vegetables | |||
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Grape sizers | Grading machines for seed or grain or dried leguminous vegetables | |||
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Indented cylinder graders | Grading machines for seed or grain or dried leguminous vegetables | |||
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Kick sorters | Sorting machines for seed or grain or dried leguminous vegetables | |||
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Meat probes | Electronic measuring probes | |||
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Onion sizers | Grading machines for seed or grain or dried leguminous vegetables | |||
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Optical reflectometers | Reflectometers | |||
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Overhead diverters | Sorting machines for seed or grain or dried leguminous vegetables | |||
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Overhead weighing systems | Electronic toploading balances | |||
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Paddle sorters | Sorting machines for seed or grain or dried leguminous vegetables | |||
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Peanut triers | Sample holders | |||
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Potato sizers | Grading machines for seed or grain or dried leguminous vegetables | |||
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Probes | Electronic measuring probes | |||
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Rotary sifters | Centrifugal separation equipment or parts or screens | |||
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Seed graders | Grading machines for seed or grain or dried leguminous vegetables | |||
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Shape sorting machines | Sorting machines for seed or grain or dried leguminous vegetables | |||
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Specific gravity separators | Centrifugal separation equipment or parts or screens | |||
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Tomato sizers | Grading machines for seed or grain or dried leguminous vegetables | |||
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Utility knives | Utility knives | |||
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Vibrating screens | Vibratory separation equipment or parts or screens | |||
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Weight sorting machines | Sorting machines for seed or grain or dried leguminous vegetables | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Related Work Experience | None | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | None | |||
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Required Level of Education | Less than a High School Diploma | |||
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On-the-Job Training | None or short demonstration | |||
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Required Level of Education | High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Agricultural Establishment Grader Inspector | |||
Agricultural Establishment Inspector-Grader | |||
Agricultural Produce Sorter | |||
Agriculture Laborer | |||
Apple Inspector | |||
Apple Sorter | |||
Apple Turner | |||
Asparagus Buncher | |||
Banana Expert | |||
Banana Grader | |||
Bean Sorter | |||
Bulb Grader | |||
Butter Grader | |||
Carrot Buncher | |||
Carrot Tier | |||
Casing Grader | |||
Celery Cutter | |||
Celery Packer | |||
Celery Stripper | |||
Celery Tier | |||
Celery Wrapper | |||
Cheese Grader | |||
Cheese Packer | |||
Cherry Sorter | |||
Chick Grader | |||
Chick Sexer | |||
Chicken Sexer | |||
Citrus Fruit Packer | |||
Clam Sorter | |||
Coffee Sampler | |||
Coffee Taster | |||
Coffee Weigher | |||
Coloring Room Man | |||
Coloring Room Worker | |||
Corn Lab Technician | |||
Cotton Classer | |||
Cotton Classer Aide | |||
Cotton Expert | |||
Cotton Grader | |||
Cotton Seed Culler | |||
Egg Candler | |||
Egg Grader | |||
Egg Sorter | |||
Egg Tester | |||
Egg Trayer | |||
Egg Worker | |||
Eggs Inspector | |||
Elevator Operator | |||
Fish Liver Sorter | |||
Fish Roe Technician | |||
Flour Tester | |||
Flower Grader | |||
Food Taster | |||
Fruit Checker | |||
Fruit Culler | |||
Fruit Grader | |||
Fruit Inspector | |||
Fruit Packer | |||
Fruit Sorter | |||
Fruit Worker | |||
Grader | |||
Grain Grader | |||
Grain Inspector | |||
Grain Picker | |||
Grain Sampler | |||
Hide Grader | |||
Laboratory Technician | |||
Leaf Size Picker | |||
Leaf Sorter | |||
Leaf Stripper | |||
Lettuce Trimmer | |||
Meat Grader | |||
Meat Inspector | |||
Milk Inspector | |||
Milk Sampler | |||
Nut Culler | |||
Nut Grader | |||
Nut Packer | |||
Nut Picker | |||
Nut Sorter | |||
Olive Grader | |||
Onion Tier | |||
Oyster Grader | |||
Oyster Picker | |||
Oyster Sorter | |||
Packer | |||
Peanut Cleaner | |||
Peanut Grader | |||
Peanut Separator | |||
Pecan Cleaner | |||
Pecan Picker | |||
Picker | |||
Potato Grader | |||
Potato Inspector | |||
Potato Sorter | |||
Poultry Grader | |||
Poultry Inspector | |||
Poultry Sexer | |||
Produce Laborer | |||
Produce Sorter | |||
Quality Control Technician | |||
Ring Facer | |||
Sample Grader | |||
Seed Sorter | |||
Sorter | |||
Sorting Machine Operator | |||
Spud Grader | |||
Spud Sorter | |||
Strawberry Sorter | |||
Tobacco Grader | |||
Tobacco Sizer | |||
Tobacco Sorter | |||
Vegetable Buncher | |||
Vegetable Grader | |||
Vegetable Inspector | |||
Vegetable Sorter | |||
Vegetable Specker | |||
Washer | |||
Wool Fleece Grader | |||
Wool Fleece Sorter | |||
Wool Grader | |||
Wool Puller | |||
Wool Sorter | |||
Wool and Pelt Grader | |||
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