Description

• Provide responsible assistance and support to the Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weights and Measures with a variety of administrative and management functions as assigned.
• Assist in managing and participating in the development and administration of the department’s budget; direct the forecast of additional funds needed for staffing, equipment, and supplies; direct the monitoring of and approve expenditures; direct the preparation and implementation of budgetary adjustments.
• Plan, schedule, supervise, review, and evaluate the work of assigned staff; recommend discipline and other personnel decisions.
• Select, train, motivate, and evaluate the work of department personnel, provide direction or coordinate staff training, work with employees to correct deficiencies and implement discipline and termination procedures as required.
• Direct the investigation of violations of agricultural and weights and measures codes; advise on the course of investigation and the nature of evidence; recommend the prosecution, citation, departmental hearing or warning of violators; assist with departmental hearings, give testimony before the District Attorney as required.

A combination of the required experience, education, and training that would provide the essential knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying; however, education may not solely substitute for the required experience.
Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in agriculture, biological sciences, chemistry, engineering, or a closely related field,