Agriculture Specialist 1-3
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Agriculture Specialist 1-3
Salary
$3,333.35 - $5,724.00 Monthly
Location
Woodworth, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
ACS-51313-8.19.26-TW
Department
DAF-Agriculture and Forestry
Opening Date
08/19/2026
Closing Date
8/26/2026 11:59 PM Central
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About this Job
Job #ACS-51313-8.19.26-TW
This position is located within the Office of Agro Consumer Services (ACS), Weights and Measures Division, In Woodworth, La. Work parishes include Rapides and Avoyelles.
Ready to make a meaningful impact on Louisiana's workforce and organizational culture? Join the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry as an Agriculture Specialist! Agriculture Specialists (Inspectors) in the Weights and Measures Division inspect and test all commercial weighing and measuring devices within the state used for solid or liquid commodities to ensure that devices are accurate and correct, to ensure that these devices are used for the purpose for which they are intended and to ensure that they are properly maintained and operated.
LDAF cares about the well-being of its employees! We offer a fully employer-funded Employee Assistance Program (EAP), providing valuable support and resources to help you and your household members thrive at work and at home. The EAP is also free for all members of your household.
Selected Core Competencies:
Following Policies and Procedures: The ability to comply with policies and procedures of the organization as well as State Civil Service rules, and all applicable federal and state laws.
Learning Actively: The ability to acquire necessary knowledge and skills to improve performance and achieve organizational goals.
Making Accurate Judgments: The ability to form an opinion objectively and decisively based on relevant information and in accordance with established standards.
Managing Resources: The ability to ensure resources such as time, money, and people are utilized appropriately to result in maximum business value.
Selected Preferred Competencies:
Acting Decisively: The ability to make decisions quickly and effectively.
Communicating Effectively: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.
Demonstrating Initiative: The ability to assess information and take action independently to help the organization achieve its goals.
Solving Problems: The ability to discover solutions to problems.
Thinking Critically: The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion.
Minimum Qualifications
Three years of experience in one or a combination of the following:
Administrative services
Inspecting or enforcing compliance with agricultural laws, rules, or regulations
Inspection and testing of weighing and measuring devices
OR
A bachelor's degree in forestry, an agricultural, biological, chemical, environmental, health, or physical science, or an information technology, mathematics, or business field.
Job Specification
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=134000) .
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:
Responsible for package inspections of prepackaged commodities to ensure accurate weight and labeling. Equipment inspected included electronic pricing equipment, taximeters, and all light, medium and heavy-duty devices (e.g. retail/wholesale counter scales, truck scales, stockyard and hopper scales, cattle scales, monorail or overhead scales, platform, suspension and cotton beam scales, refrigerated milk tanks, motor fuel dispensing devices, and delicate highly accurate scales used in the sale or trade of precious metals).
Weighs, measures and inspects packages or amounts of commodities kept for the purpose of sale, offered for sale or sold in the process of delivery to ensure amounts represented are accurate as prescribed by law, and places stop orders on those that do not meet the specified standards.
Performs inspections required by law to prove the size, quantity, extent, area or measurement of commodities or their dispensers.
Tests and issues seals, tags of approval, or certificates for weighing and measuring devices and rejects those that do not meet the specified standards.
Inspects labeling and markings on pre-packaged goods to ensure all products in commercial markets reflect an accurate description of the product.
Maintains and utilizes equipment such as test weights, special tools, equal arm balances, etc.
Obtains samples of motor fuel products from retailers, forwards samples to fuel laboratory for testing.
Inspects fuel dispensing devices to ensure correct calibration and labeling; issues certification decals or rejects those that do not meet specifications.
Assists the Heavy-Duty Inspectors either by directly helping with the testing of heavy-duty scales or indirectly by serving as a witness to the testing of heavy-duty scales.
Other duties as may be assigned.
Functional Requirements:
Lifting up to 50-pound weights
Reaching above the shoulders
Climbing stairs and ladders
Working above and below ground level
Sitting for long periods of time at workstation or vehicle for travel
Driving a truck to perform inspections and investigations
Walking over irregular ground and standing for long periods of time
Using proper techniques for lifting tools, computers, weights, hoses or other items used in either the performance of duties or attending training throughout the state
Observing recognized safety procedures in handling fuels, tools, weights, and climbing and working around hazardous structures
Environmental Factors:
Ability to work in extremes of temperature and humidity especially while wearing required safety gear
Working indoors and outdoors
Working around both residential and commercial structures that may be hazardous
Working with hazardous material such as fuels, oils, other hydrocarbons and chemicals
Exposure to dust, bad odors, fumes, slippery surfaces, mud, and animal excrement
Position-Specific Details:
Appointment Type:
Full-time - t his position may be filled by probation or by promotion of a classified employee of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry serving with permanent status.
Applicants who are not permanent employees of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry will be required to serve a probationary period up to 24 months.
Career Progression : This position may be filled as an Agriculture Specialist 1, 2, or 3, depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant(s).
Compensation :
Below positions have a Special Entrance Rate in the Career Progression Group
Agriculture Specialist 1 has an SER of$1,538.47 Bi-weekly.
Agriculture Specialist 2 has an SER of$1,646.40 Bi-weekly.
The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer and State as a Model Employer (SAME) to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
How To Apply:
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
For further information about this vacancy, contact:
Tiffany Waddell - HR Analyst
Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry
5825 Florida Blvd., Suite 1001
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
twaddell@ldaf.state.la.us (kbuckley@ldaf.state.la.us)
The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry strictly prohibits workplace harassment a nd discrimination on the on the basis of race, color, gender, sex, pregnancy, age, disability, religion, national origin, military service, sickle cell trait, protected genetic information or other non-merit factor. LDAF also strictly prohibits employment decisions based upon or influenced by such factors.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
Parental Leave- Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx
Holidays and Leave - State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Mardi Gras,
Good Friday,
Memorial Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Veteran's Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
*** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement - State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the @type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\Retirement\System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system
Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
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To ensure compliance with the LDAF Nepotism Policy, do you have any immediate family members or relatives who are currently employed with the LDAF? Immediate family member is defined as children (blood, step, adopted), spouse, brother, sister, father, mother, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, mother-in-law and father-in-law. Relative includes immediate family members previously defined and also includes grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, uncle, aunt niece and nephew.
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No
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If you answered "yes" to the above question, please list the name of your immediate family member and/or relatives currently employed by the LDAF. If you answered "no" to the above question, enter N/A
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Are you currently a classified employee of Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry serving with permanent status?
Yes
No
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Do you have a valid Louisiana driver's license?
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No
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The incumbent of this position may drive a state-owned vehicle during working hours. Office of Risk Management prohibits drivers with three or more moving violations in a one-year period from operating a state-owned vehicle. Based on this information, will you be able to operate a state-owned vehicle?
Yes
No
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Do you possess a High School diploma or GED equivalency?
Yes
No
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If you are qualifying for this position under a degree in a specialized field option, provide the level of degree, major as given on your official transcript, school name, and date earned for each degree you have completed. Example: (bachelor's in biology at Louisiana State University, May 2012).
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AD: Acting Decisively - How well do you make timely, confident decisions using sound reasoning?
I avoid making decisions, rely on others, and struggle to stay confident under pressure.
I make decisions with help, second-guess myself, and tend to stick with familiar methods.
I make timely decisions, take responsibility for the outcome, and explain my reasoning clearly.
I make bold decisions, adapt quickly, and help lead others through uncertainty.
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AD: Acting Decisively - Explain your selection by providing specific examples from your experience. Tip: Use the STAR method (situation, task, action, result) to explain how you have demonstrated this competency. Examples from work, military service, volunteering, education, or other life experiences are all valid.
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CE: Communicating Effectively - How well do you share information and ideas in ways that others can understand, relate to, and act on?
I communicate unclearly, use poor tone, and ignore the audience.
I share main ideas clearly and adapt to the audience when reminded.
I communicate clearly, listen actively, and explain complex ideas well.
I craft messages that connect, inspire, and drive action across audiences.
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CE: Communicating Effectively - Explain your selection by providing specific examples from your experience. Tip: Use the STAR method (situation, task, action, result) to explain how you have demonstrated this competency. Examples from work, military service, volunteering, education, or other life experiences are all valid.
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DIn: Demonstrating Initiative - How well do you take action and solve problems on your own without waiting for direction?
I wait for direction, avoid ownership, and don't solve problems.
I meet expectations and help with solutions when asked.
I take ownership, solve problems, and follow through.
I take initiative, innovate, and deliver results beyond expectations.
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DIn: Demonstrating Initiative - Explain your selection by providing specific examples from your experience. Tip: Use the STAR method (situation, task, action, result) to explain how you have demonstrated this competency. Examples from work, military service, volunteering, education, or other life experiences are all valid.
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FPP: Following Policies and Procedures - How well do you apply rules, policies, and procedures in your work?
I struggle to follow rules or apply policies correctly, which can lead to confusion or mistakes.
I follow rules with support and help correct issues, but I sometimes apply policies inconsistently.
I apply and explain policies accurately, adapt to routine situations, and help improve procedures.
I guide others in applying policies, prevent compliance issues, and improve procedures based on experience.
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FPP: Following Policies and Procedures - Explain your selection by providing specific examples from your experience. Tip: Use the STAR method (situation, task, action, result) to explain how you have demonstrated this competency. Examples from work, military service, volunteering, education, or other life experiences are all valid.
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