Quarantine Officer inspects incoming animals, plants, and animal and plant products to ensure compliance with laws and regulations to prevent the spread of exotic pests and diseases.
Occupation description
Quarantine Officer inspects incoming animals, plants, and animal and plant products to ensure compliance with laws and regulations to prevent the spread of exotic pests and diseases.
Quarantine Officer is a VETASSESS Group C occupation
This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the educational level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Diploma or higher, in a field highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
Applicants must also have at least one year of highly relevant, post-qualification employment, at an appropriate skill level completed in the last five years.
A positive assessment of both qualifications and employment is required for a positive Skills Assessment Outcome.
* Additional qualifications in a highly relevant field of study include those comparable to the following levels:
- AQF Diploma
- AQF Advanced Diploma
- AQF Associate Degree or
- AQF Graduate Diploma
** Highly relevant paid employment duration (20 hours or more per week):
1-3
minimum years of employment highly relevant to the nominated occupation, completed at an appropriate skill level in the five years
before the date of application for a Skills Assessment.
4
minimum 4 years of relevant employment required – three years of relevant employment (can be outside the last 5-year period) in addition to at least one year of highly relevant employment within the last five years before applying.
Qualification & Employment Criteria
Qualification
Primary Products Inspectors usually have a background in Agriculture, Food Processing Technology or related fields. These studies focus on the process of farming, animal breeding and grazing, producing unprocessed plant and animal products.
The subjects in the broader area of primary products include:
• Broadacre Production
• Cropping and Grazing Systems
• Dairying
• Dryland Farming Systems
• Smallgoods Manufacturing
• Fruit and Vegetables, Sugars and Cereal Product Processing
• Food Packaging and Storage Principles
• Dairy Products Manufacturing
• Seafood Processing
• Meat Inspection
• Consumers, Food and Health
• Food Technology
• Animal & Plant Biochemistry
• Microbiology & Invertebrate Biology
• Biotechnology in the Food & Wine Industry
• Communication in the Agri-Food Industry
• Food Quality and Regulation
• Animal Food Processing
This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the education level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Diploma or higher and in a field highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
Employment Criteria
Additional tasks may include, but not limited to:
- 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
- May initiate or assist in legal action to enforce regulations
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