Inspector-052-007 at PPECB

Job Description
Main purpose of the job 

• To, independently, conduct inspection and certification of products according to standard protocols and procedures as prescribed through PPECB's legislative mandate.

High level job objectives 

• To ensure service delivery to internal and external clients in line with PPECB's legislative  mandate, SLA's, MOU's and MOA's. 
• To ensure PPECB's values are portrayed to enhance a culture of accountability. 
• To ensure compliance to internal and external business management processes. 
• To ensure compliance to Human Resources policies and procedures. 
• To ensure compliance to financial policies and procedures.

Requirements

Qualifications

(Essential)
A Minimum Tertiary Qualification or a National Diploma/Degree  in the following Sciences: 

• Agricultural management/Crop production 
• Horticulture 
• Environmental Health or 
• Food Technology 

(Desirable)

• Agricultural Export Technologist Programme (AETP)

Experience

(Desirable)

• Practical and Theoretical experience of perishable products 
• Completed (AETP) Agricultural Export Technologist Programme

Knowledge

(Desirable)

• Practical and theoretical knowledge of  Perishable Products 
• Completion of Portfolio of Evidence of at least one product 
• Knowledge of the PPECB and the Perishable Export Industry 
• Knowledge of export legislation

Technical Skills/ Functional Skills  

(Essential)

• Computer Literacy

(Desirable)

• Tablet literacy  
• Product inspection skills (incl. use of technical equipment handling) 
• Competency in one product

Competency Profile: Behavioural

(Essential)

• Working with People 
• Adhering to Principles and Values
• Writing and Reporting 
• Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations 
• Following Instructions and Procedures 
• Adapting and Responding to Change 
• Achieving Personal Work Goals and Objectives

(Desirable)

• Persuading and Influencing 
• Relating and Networking 
• Presenting and Communicating Information 
• Learning and Researching 
• Coping with Pressures and Setbacks

Physical and other 
(Essential)

• Business travel – Local  
• Good health (ability to distinguishing colour and working at hights, move around hazardous area i.e. packhouses etc) 
• Ability to distinguish between basic colours