# Agricultural Inspectors

> Inspect agricultural commodities, processing equipment, and facilities, and fish and logging operations, to ensure compliance with regulations and laws governing health, quality, and safety.
- **Entity Type:** role
- **Schema Version:** role.v1
- **Soc Code:** 45-2011.00
- **Summary:** Inspect agricultural commodities, processing equipment, and facilities, and fish and logging operations, to ensure compliance with regulations and laws governing health, quality, and safety.

## Aliases

- Brand Inspector
- Consumer Safety Inspector (CSI)
- Grain Inspector
- Inspector
- Food Inspector
- Food Safety and Inspection Service Inspector (FSIS Inspector)
- Food Sanitarian
- Seed and Fertilizer Specialist
- Shipping Point Inspector
- Agricultural Commodities Inspector
- Agricultural Commodity Grader
- Agricultural Inspector

## Tasks

| Text | Type | Iwa |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Inspect food products and processing procedures to determine whether products are safe to eat. | Core | 4.A.1.a.2.k |
| Inspect agricultural commodities or related operations, as well as fish or logging operations, for compliance with laws and regulations governing health, quality, and safety. | Supplemental | 4.A.1.a.2.k |
| Label and seal graded products and issue official grading certificates. | Supplemental | 4.A.1.b.1.a |
| Monitor the operations and sanitary conditions of slaughtering or meat processing plants. | Supplemental | 4.A.1.a.2.k |
| Take emergency actions, such as closing production facilities, if product safety is compromised. | Supplemental | 4.A.4.a.2.g |
| Interpret and enforce government acts and regulations and explain required standards to agricultural workers. | Core | 4.A.4.b.6.e |
| Verify that transportation and handling procedures meet regulatory requirements. | Supplemental | 4.A.1.a.2.k |
| Inspect the cleanliness and practices of establishment employees. | Supplemental | 4.A.1.a.2.k |
| Examine, weigh, and measure commodities, such as poultry, eggs, meat, or seafood to certify qualities, grades, and weights. | Supplemental | 4.A.1.b.3.a |
| Inspect or test horticultural products or livestock to detect harmful diseases, chemical residues, or infestations and to determine the quality of products or animals. | Supplemental | 4.A.1.a.2.k |
| Monitor the grading performed by company employees to verify conformance to standards. | Supplemental | 4.A.1.a.2.k |
| Write reports of findings and recommendations and advise farmers, growers, or processors of corrective action to be taken. | Supplemental | 4.A.3.b.6.h |

## Emerging Tasks


## Activities

| Name | Iwa |
| --- | --- |
| Inspect products or operations to ensure that standards are met. | 4.A.1.a.2.k |
| Examine animals to detect illness, injury or other problems. | 4.A.1.b.2.i |
| Collect biological specimens. | 4.A.3.a.2.al |
| Send information, materials or documentation. | 4.A.4.c.1.e |
| Advise others on farming or forestry operations, regulations, or equipment. | 4.A.4.b.6.e |
| Maintain operational records. | 4.A.3.b.6.h |
| Warn individuals about rule violations or safety concerns. | 4.A.4.a.2.g |
| Mark agricultural or forestry products for identification. | 4.A.1.b.1.a |
| Package agricultural products for shipment or further processing. | 4.A.3.a.2.ap |
| Measure physical characteristics of forestry or agricultural products. | 4.A.1.b.3.a |
| Testify at legal or legislative proceedings. | 4.A.4.a.3.a |

## Capabilities

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Quality Control Analysis | transferable_skill | 4.12 |
| Problem Sensitivity | ability | 4 |
| Oral Comprehension | ability | 3.88 |
| Deductive Reasoning | ability | 3.88 |
| Inductive Reasoning | ability | 3.88 |
| Near Vision | ability | 3.88 |
| Reading Comprehension | essential_skill | 3.75 |
| Active Listening | essential_skill | 3.75 |
| Monitoring | essential_skill | 3.75 |
| Oral Expression | ability | 3.75 |
| Critical Thinking | essential_skill | 3.62 |
| Written Comprehension | ability | 3.62 |
| Customer and Personal Service | knowledge | 3.51 |
| Speaking | essential_skill | 3.5 |
| Flexibility of Closure | ability | 3.5 |
| Far Vision | ability | 3.5 |
| Speech Clarity | ability | 3.5 |
| Administration and Management | knowledge | 3.35 |
| Law and Government | knowledge | 3.32 |
| Administrative | knowledge | 3.31 |
| Active Learning | essential_skill | 3.25 |
| Operations Monitoring | transferable_skill | 3.25 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | transferable_skill | 3.25 |
| Perceptual Speed | ability | 3.25 |
| Speech Recognition | ability | 3.25 |
| Mathematics | knowledge | 3.21 |
| Public Safety and Security | knowledge | 3.21 |
| English Language | knowledge | 3.15 |
| Writing | essential_skill | 3.12 |
| Coordination | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Complex Problem Solving | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Systems Analysis | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Systems Evaluation | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Written Expression | ability | 3.12 |
| Information Ordering | ability | 3.12 |
| Category Flexibility | ability | 3.12 |
| Speed of Closure | ability | 3.12 |
| Instructing | transferable_skill | 3 |
| Selective Attention | ability | 3 |
| Auditory Attention | ability | 3 |

## Skills

| Name | Type |
| --- | --- |
| Inductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Deductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Reading Comprehension | Common Skill |
| Active Listening | Common Skill |
| Critical Thinking | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Excel | Common Skill |
| Speech Recognition | Specialized Skill |
| Active Learning | Common Skill |
| Mathematics | Common Skill |
| English Language | Common Skill |
| Writing | Common Skill |
| Systems Analysis | Specialized Skill |
| Information Ordering | Specialized Skill |
| Complex Problem Solving | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Word | Common Skill |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Outlook | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Access | Specialized Skill |
| Instructing | Specialized Skill |
| Time Management | Common Skill |
| Negotiation | Common Skill |
| Learning Strategies | Specialized Skill |
| Visualization | Specialized Skill |
| Social Perceptiveness | Common Skill |
| Finger Dexterity | Common Skill |
| Biology | Specialized Skill |
| Psychology | Specialized Skill |
| Depth Perception | Common Skill |
| Chemistry | Specialized Skill |
| Telecommunications | Specialized Skill |
| Geography | Specialized Skill |
| Operational Databases | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer | Common Skill |
| Foreign Language | Common Skill |
| Physics | Specialized Skill |
| Equipment Selection | Specialized Skill |
| Presentation Software | Specialized Skill |
| Installation | Specialized Skill |
| Equipment Maintenance | Specialized Skill |

## Tools

| Example | Category | Hot | In Demand |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | yes | no |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Word | Word processing software | yes | no |
| Image processing software | Graphics or photo imaging software | no | no |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer | Internet browser software | no | no |
| Operational databases | Data base user interface and query software | no | no |

## Work Context

| Name | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | 4.62 |
| Contact With Others | 4.61 |
| Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams | 4.34 |
| Deal With External Customers or the Public in General | 4.29 |
| Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | 4.18 |
| Freedom to Make Decisions | 4.17 |
| Exposed to Contaminants | 4.1 |
| Telephone Conversations | 4 |
| Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable | 3.97 |
| Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team | 3.96 |
| Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals | 3.96 |
| Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | 3.93 |
| Frequency of Decision Making | 3.93 |
| Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions | 3.92 |
| Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | 3.92 |
| Time Pressure | 3.9 |
| Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | 3.84 |
| Physical Proximity | 3.7 |
| Exposed to Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | 3.7 |
| Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | 3.68 |
| Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | 3.64 |
| Spend Time Standing | 3.63 |
| Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities | 3.61 |
| E-Mail | 3.56 |
| Health and Safety of Other Workers | 3.43 |
| Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers | 3.41 |
| Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | 3.41 |
| Outdoors, Under Cover | 3.34 |
| Spend Time Walking or Running | 3.27 |
| Dealing With Unpleasant, Angry, or Discourteous People | 3.16 |
| Consequence of Error | 3.11 |
| Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body | 3.08 |
| Written Letters and Memos | 2.82 |
| Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | 2.79 |
| Conflict Situations | 2.76 |
| Spend Time Sitting | 2.74 |
| Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | 2.69 |
| In an Enclosed Vehicle or Operate Enclosed Equipment | 2.67 |
| Level of Competition | 2.51 |
| Exposed to Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting Conditions | 2.47 |

## Preparation

- **Job Zone:** 2
- **Job Zone Name:** Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- **Education:** Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
- **Experience:** Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.
- **Svp Range:** (Below 6.0)

### Education Distribution

| Label | Percentage |
| --- | --- |
| High School Diploma | 56.17 |
| Some College Courses | 12.48 |
| Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | 12.23 |
| Bachelor's Degree | 10.33 |
| Less than a High School Diploma | 7 |
| First Professional Degree | 1.79 |

## Person Fit

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Realistic | career_interest_type | 5.35 |
| Conventional | career_interest_type | 5.17 |
| Agriculture | specific_interest_area | 4.24 |
| Investigative | career_interest_type | 4.04 |
| Dependability | work_style | 4 |
| Law | specific_interest_area | 3.16 |
| Protective Service | specific_interest_area | 3.13 |
| Enterprising | career_interest_type | 3.12 |
| Attention to Detail | work_style | 3 |
| Life Science | specific_interest_area | 2.66 |
| Integrity | work_style | 2.55 |
| Nature/Outdoors | specific_interest_area | 2.54 |
| Mathematics/Statistics | specific_interest_area | 2.25 |
| Cautiousness | work_style | 2.24 |
| Management/Administration | specific_interest_area | 2.16 |
| Physical/Manual Labor | specific_interest_area | 2.14 |

## Related Roles

| Soc Code | Slug | Title | Tier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 47-4011.00 | role-47-4011-00 | Construction and Building Inspectors | Primary-Short |
| 19-4013.00 | role-19-4013-00 | Food Science Technicians | Primary-Short |
| 45-1011.00 | role-45-1011-00 | First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers | Primary-Short |
| 53-6051.01 | role-53-6051-01 | Aviation Inspectors | Primary-Short |
| 19-4012.00 | role-19-4012-00 | Agricultural Technicians | Primary-Short |
| 19-5012.00 | role-19-5012-00 | Occupational Health and Safety Technicians | Primary-Long |
| 45-2041.00 | role-45-2041-00 | Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products | Primary-Long |
| 53-6051.07 | role-53-6051-07 | Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation | Primary-Long |
| 51-9061.00 | role-51-9061-00 | Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | Primary-Long |
| 43-5111.00 | role-43-5111-00 | Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | Primary-Long |
| 19-1012.00 | role-19-1012-00 | Food Scientists and Technologists | Supplemental |
| 19-5011.00 | role-19-5011-00 | Occupational Health and Safety Specialists | Supplemental |

## Career Clusters

| Cluster | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Agriculture | agriculture |

## Education Level

- **Category:** Bachelor's degree

## Study Programs

| Title | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences | agriculture-agriculture-operations-and-related-sciences |

## Market

- **Median Wage:** 50990
- **Mean Wage:** 55650
- **Pct10Wage:** 37440
- **Pct25Wage:** 42740
- **Pct75Wage:** 64960
- **Pct90Wage:** 80240
- **Employment:** 12090
- **Area Title:** U.S.

## Industries


### Top

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Median Wage | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 31-33 | 31-33 | Manufacturing | Sector | 980 | 45670 | 0.98 |
| 42 | 42 | Wholesale Trade | Sector | 870 | 55970 | 1.84 |
| 54 | 54 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 590 | 47330 | 0.7 |
| 11 | 11 | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | Sector | 500 | 41180 | 15.06 |
| 48-49 | 48-49 | Transportation and Warehousing | Sector | 170 | 51900 | 0.29 |
| 81 | 81 | Other Services (except Public Administration) | Sector | 130 | 44360 | 0.37 |
| 56 | 56 | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | Sector | 110 | 90340 | 0.16 |
| 541380 | 541380 | Testing Laboratories and Services | National industry | 80 | 47400 |  |
| 61 | 61 | Educational Services | Sector | 80 | 52460 |  |
| 561320 | 561320 | Temporary Help Services | National industry | 40 | 37440 |  |

### Concentrated

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11 | 11 | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | Sector | 500 | 15.06 |
| 42 | 42 | Wholesale Trade | Sector | 870 | 1.84 |
| 31-33 | 31-33 | Manufacturing | Sector | 980 | 0.98 |
| 54 | 54 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 590 | 0.7 |
| 81 | 81 | Other Services (except Public Administration) | Sector | 130 | 0.37 |
| 48-49 | 48-49 | Transportation and Warehousing | Sector | 170 | 0.29 |
| 56 | 56 | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | Sector | 110 | 0.16 |
- **Count:** 10

## Ai Signals

| Source | Label | Score | Scale | Release |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| frey_osborne | Computerization probability | 0.94 | 0-1 probability | 2013-baseline-2016-employment-snapshot |
| felten_aioe | AI occupational exposure | 0.1704867 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |
| felten_image_generation_aioe | Image generation occupational exposure | 0.5068775 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |
| felten_language_modeling_aioe | Language modeling occupational exposure | -0.0081121 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |

## Ai Outlook


### Index

- **Value:** 41
- **Percentile:** 39
- **Band:** Moderate
- **Version:** ai-exposure-index-v1

#### Components

| Percentile | Source |
| --- | --- |
| 53 | felten_aioe |
| 44 | openai_gpts_are_gpts |
| 26 | microsoft_working_with_ai |
- **Component Count:** 3

### Exposure

| Source | Label | Value | Percentile | Band | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| felten_aioe | Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.) | 0.1704867 | 53 | Moderate | How much this job's abilities overlap with what AI systems can do, across many AI capabilities. A relative research score, not a forecast of job loss. |
| eloundou_gamma | LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) | 0.5 | 44 | Moderate | Share of this job's tasks where a large language model plus simple tools could cut the time to do them by at least half. γ is capped at 1.0 and many jobs reach that ceiling, so treat a top score as 'in the top group', not a precise rank. |
| microsoft_applicability | AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) | 0.089366721512358 | 26 | Low | How applicable today's AI assistants are to this job's activities, measured from real Microsoft Copilot conversations. Applicability is not the same as replacement. |

### Frey Historical

- **Source:** frey
- **Label:** Computerization probability (Frey & Osborne, 2013)
- **Value:** 0.94
- **Percentile:** 86
- **Band:** High
- **Note:** A pre-LLM (2013) estimate of how automatable this job is by computerization and robotics. Shown for historical context only — it is not part of any current AI ranking.
- **Teleworkable:** no

### Eloundou

- **Alpha:** 0.08333333333333333
- **Beta:** 0.29166666666666663
- **Gamma:** 0.5

### Usage Tasks

| Task | Usage Percent | Importance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Write reports of findings and recommendations and advise farmers, growers, or processors of corrective action to be taken. | 0.0038001881606678474 | 4.1 |
| Inspect food products and processing procedures to determine whether products are safe to eat. | 0.002875818067532425 | 4.6 |
| Verify that transportation and handling procedures meet regulatory requirements. | 0.0015406168218923706 | 4.36 |
- **Usage Release:** 2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2

### Bls

- **Growth Percent:** 1.5
- **Growth Percentile:** 36
- **Direction:** About average
- **Annual Openings Thousands:** 2.2
- **Annual Openings Percentile:** 30
- **Employment2024Thousands:** 14.7
- **Employment2034Thousands:** 14.9

### Sources

| Source | Version |
| --- | --- |
| bls_employment_projections | 2024-2034 |
| dingel_neiman | dingel-neiman-workathome |
| felten_aioe | felten-raj-seamans-aioe |
| frey_osborne | frey-osborne-automation |
| microsoft_working_with_ai | working-with-ai |
| openai_gpts_are_gpts | gpts-are-gpts |

## Counts

- **Tasks:** 16
- **Skills:** 39
- **Capabilities:** 120
- **Tools:** 9
- **Related Roles:** 20

## Source

- **Dataset:** gold.onet_role_starter_surface
- **Version:** 30.3
- **Generated At:** 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00
- **Content Hash:** b0b23a7ff6b31c4a