Agricultural Inspectors
SOC Code: 45-2011
Agricultural Inspectorss inspect food products and processing procedures to determine whether products are safe to eat. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 77.5/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Reading Comprehension.
AI-Proof Score: 77.5 — High
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Median Salary
$50,990
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Job Growth
1.5%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Monitoring
- •Quality Control Analysis
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Critical Thinking
- •Speaking
- •Active Listening
Common Tasks
- ✓Inspect food products and processing procedures to determine whether products are safe to eat.
- ✓Interpret and enforce government acts and regulations and explain required standards to agricultural workers.
- ✓Inspect agricultural commodities or related operations, as well as fish or logging operations, for compliance with laws and regulations governing health, quality, and safety.
- ✓Label and seal graded products and issue official grading certificates.
- ✓Monitor the operations and sanitary conditions of slaughtering or meat processing plants.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation