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Horticultural Inspector 1 or Trainee (NY HELPS)
$183k-224k (estimate)
Full Time
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New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets is Hiring a Horticultural Inspector 1 or Trainee (NY HELPS) Near Tompkins County, NY
Horticultural Inspector Trainee 1, NS (NY HELPS)
Division of Plant Industry
Tompkins County, NY
Posting Dates: April 30, 2024- May 10, 2024
Harvest your potential with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets! Join our team and become an integral part of a team dedicated to fostering a competitive food and agriculture industry that benefits both producers and consumers alike. Here, you can cultivate your career in a dynamic environment that values innovation, sustainability, and community engagement. With a wide range of opportunities spanning from environmental science to economic development, you can find your niche in public service and grow both professionally and personally. Embrace the chance to join our team, and you’ll not only reap a fulfilling career but also sow the seeds for a healthier, stronger New York.
Position Information:
The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets is seeking a Horticultural Inspector Trainee 1 to work in Tompkins County. As a Horticultural Inspector Trainee 1, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the safety and viability of plants and plant products throughout the State. You will be responsible for inspecting plants, nurseries, and greenhouses for injurious insects and diseases and recommend how to control and eradicate them. You will also be responsible for ensuring compliance with State and federal regulations on the sale and transport of plants and plant products. In addition to your inspection duties, you will have the opportunity to engage with the public and tradespeople to raise awareness of Division activities and regulations. You will attend industry meetings and serve on industry committees when requested. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about horticulture, agriculture, and the environment. Apply now to join our team and make a difference in your community.
This position can be based out of your home and requires travel within an assigned region. This position is perfect for a self-driven candidate who wants autonomy over their schedule, the ability to work from home, and enjoys working outside the office setting!
The Horticultural Inspector Trainee 1 is a full-time position working 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday.
Benefits:
This is a PEF-represented position that offers excellent benefits! Benefits include but are not limited to inexpensive Health Insurance options, free Dental and Vision coverage, NYS Pension Plan membership, paid parental leave, and generous paid time off. Within the first year, you are eligible for 5 days of personal time, 13 vacation days, 13 sick days, and 13 paid holidays!
Salary:
The starting salary for the Horticultural Inspector Trainee 1 is $49,363/ year, and the hiring salary for the PEF salary grade (SG) 13. This position requires the completion of a two-year traineeship. After successful completion of the first year of the traineeship, the appointee will advance without further examination to the Trainee 2 level SG-14 (starting salary of $52,198). Completion of the second year of the traineeship will result in permanent advancement to the Horticultural Inspector 1, SG-18 (starting salary of $65,001) without further examination. Candidates may be eligible for appointment directly to the Trainee 2 or full performance level. For more information, see Advanced Placement below.
The candidate appointed at the Horticultural Inspector 1, SG-18 level, will be eligible to participate in the New York State Performance Evaluation Program. Through this program, employees receive yearly performance evaluations. Performance advances are payable to PEF employees whose base annual salary is below the job rate for their current position and who were rated "Satisfactory" or its equivalent on their yearly performance evaluation. Performance advance payments are added to an employee's annual salary. Over time, yearly performance advances may lead to the SG-18 job rate salary of $82,656/ year!
Minimum Qualifications:
NY HELPS Qualifications: Bachelor's degree including or supplemented by 24 semester credit hours in courses related to: horticulture, forestry, plant pathology, botany, entomology, environmental studies/plant science, or a biological science primarily related to the scientific study of plants and plant pests. Such biological sciences include, agriculture, agronomy, dendrology, field crops, floriculture, fruit science, greenhouse production, landscape management/production, nursery production/management, olericulture, plant biology, plant breeding, plant pathology, pomology, sod production, turfgrass management, vegetable crops and viticulture. The following courses are NOT QUALIFYING for the specialized 24 credit hours: biological sciences focusing on human health, medical entomology, human genetics or human physiology, lab technology, wildlife, science, or chemistry.
*Satisfactory experience in horticulture may substitute for up to 60 college credits, at the rate of one year of experience equaling 30 semester credit hours.
Advanced Placement: If you meet the minimum qualifications and have an additional one year of experience in horticulture production, plant pest management, landscape installation and maintenance, cooperative extension education to commercial greenhouse/nursery industry, fruit or vegetable farm products inspection, or horticultural inspection you may be appointed to the Horticultural Inspector Trainee 2. This will reduce the traineeship time by one year. If you meet the minimum qualifications and have an additional two years of experience in the areas listed above, you may be appointed to the full performance title, Horticultural Inspector 1, Grade 18. You must inform the hiring agency of this additional experience at the time of interview.
Examples of Qualifying Experience Include: Employment as a horticulturist in a commercial nursery or greenhouse, as a plant pest or disease control specialist, as a landscaper involved in residential and/or commercial site development, as a cooperative extension agent engaged in educating the commercial greenhouse/nursery industry, as an Assistant Horticultural Inspector and as a grading inspector of fruit and vegetable farm products or other regulatory position where similar duties were performed.
Examples of Unacceptable Experience Include: Employment as a landscape designer, food service or inspection, urban pest extermination (i.e., rodents, roaches, ants, bats, carpenter ants) or dairy related is NOT qualifying.
Travel Requirements: Appointment to certain positions requires extensive travel within a designated area of assignment. Appointees to these positions may be required to operate a motor vehicle or otherwise demonstrate their capacity to meet the transportation needs of the job. If the position requires that you operate a motor vehicle, you must possess a driver's license valid in New York State at the time of appointment and continuously thereafter. Field work and travel expenses are reimbursed on a fixed schedule.
How to Apply:
Candidates that are eligible and interested in being considered for appointment to one of these opportunities must use this application to apply by: May 10, 2024. Within this online application please upload your resume, transcript, and cover letter. If you have any questions, please contact Laura Osa in Human Resources at (518) 457-3216 or recruitment@agriculture.ny.gov.
NY HELPS Program:
This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).
For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply. At this time, agencies may recruit and hire employees by making temporary appointments. In May 2024, if a temporary NY HELPS employee is satisfactorily performing in the position, the appointment will be changed from temporary pending Civil Service Commission Action to permanent non-competitive and the official probationary period will begin.
At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.
Additional Minimum Qualifications:
Reassignment Qualifications: You must be a current Department of Agriculture and Markets employee and have one year of permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55 b/c service as a Horticultural Inspector Trainee 1, NS, Horticultural Inspector Trainee 2, NS and Horticultural Inspector 1, G-18; if you have less than one year, you must be reachable on the current eligible list for this location if one exists.
70.4 Transfer Qualifications to Horticultural Inspector Trainee 1, NS: Applicants may be appointed to this position permanently if they have: one year of permanent, competitive service in a Grade 11 title or higher.
AND
Either: 1: A bachelor’s degree supplemented by 24 semester credit hours in courses related to: horticulture, forestry, plant pathology, botany, entomology, environmental studies/plant science, or a biological science primarily related to the scientific study of plants and plant pests. Such biological sciences include, agriculture, agronomy, dendrology, field crops, floriculture, fruit science, greenhouse production, landscape management/production, nursery production/management, olericulture, plant biology, plant breeding, plant pathology, pomology, sod production, turfgrass management, vegetable crops and viticulture.
AND
Received a passing score on the most recent Horticultural Inspector Trainee 1 examination.
Reinstatement Under Rule 5.4: Applicants may be appointed to this position permanently if they were previous permanent New York State employees who resigned their positions may be reinstated to their former positions, or to positions to which they were eligible for transfer or reassignment without further examination. Employees separated from their positions may be reinstated within one year of the date of their separation. Employees separated from their positions who have also been separated from state service for more than one year may be reinstated upon approval by the state Civil Service Commission.
55-b/c Qualifications: Applicants may be appointed to this position permanently if they meet these qualifications: A bachelor’s degree supplemented by 24 semester credit hours in courses related to: horticulture, forestry, plant pathology, botany, entomology, environmental studies/plant science, or a biological science primarily related to the scientific study of plants and plant pests. Such biological sciences include, agriculture, agronomy, dendrology, field crops, floriculture, fruit science, greenhouse production, landscape management/production, nursery production/management, olericulture, plant biology, plant breeding, plant pathology, pomology, sod production, turfgrass management, vegetable crops and viticulture.
Information about the Workers with Disabilities 55-b and the Veterans with Disabilities employment program 55-c can be found at https://www.cs.ny.gov/dpm/c55.cfm.
Additional Position Information:
Division: Plant Industry
Negotiating Unit: PEF
Location: Tompkins County
Number of Vacancies: One
Status of Vacancy: Full-time; Permanent/Contingent Permanent
Hours Per Week: 40 Hours
Jurisdictional Class: Competitive
Civil Service List(s): Eligible List Exists
Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@oer.ny.gov.
Job Summary
JOB TYPE
Full Time
SALARY
$183k-224k (estimate)
POST DATE
05/02/2024
EXPIRATION DATE
07/01/2024
WEBSITE
agmkt.state.ny.us
HEADQUARTERS
Schenectady, NY
SIZE
500 - 1,000
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