STATE OF
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: WEIGHTS AND MEASURES INSPECTOR
Class Code: 9846-16 Date Established: 12-02-09
Occupational Code: 3-1-3 Date of Last Revision:
BASIC PURPOSE: To inspect weighing and measuring devices,
certify or license such devices, serviceworkers and weighmasters, and determine
compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
·
Inspects
weighing and measuring devices to determine compliance with license
requirements, laws, rules, and regulations.
·
Inspects
commodities in package form, including meat and produce to determine that the
item contains the correct weight, count or measure.
·
Collects
license/certification fees and maintains inspection records.
·
Issues
stop-use, stop-removal and removal orders when weighing and measuring devices
are found to be deficient.
·
Operates
specialized equipment to measure the accuracy of propane gas dispensers,
petroleum trucks, petroleum bulk meters, and large capacity scales.
·
Checks
accuracy of the calibration of new and replacement milk tanks at farms.
·
Testifies in
quasi-judicial hearings on weights and measures violators and their failure to
comply with state law.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in recommending routine
changes in standardized operating procedures OR in retrieving, compiling, and
reporting data according to established procedures OR in operating complex
machines.
Knowledge: Requires knowledge of business practices and
procedures or technical training in a craft or trade, including working from
detailed instructions, to apply knowledge in a variety of practical situations.
Impact: Requires responsibility for contributing to
immediate, ongoing agency objectives by facilitating the direct provision of
services to the public or other state agencies.
Errors at this level result in inaccurate reports or invalid test
results and require a significant investment of time and resources to detect.
Supervision: Requires no supervision of employees or
functions.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job functions in
an adverse working environment containing a combination of disagreeable
elements which impact significantly upon the employee's capacity for completing
work assignments. This level includes
work-related accidents or assault.
Physical Demands: Requires medium work, including continuous
strenuous activities such as frequent reaching, bending, or lifting as well as
performing work activities which require fine manual dexterity or coordination
in operating machines or equipment.
Communication:
Requires summarizing data, preparing
reports, and making recommendations based on findings which contribute to
solving problems and achieving work objectives.
This level also requires presenting information for use by
administrative-level managers in making decisions.
Complexity: Requires a combination of job functions to
establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve practical
problems. This level also requires
providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited standardization
exists.
Independent Action: Requires a range of choice in applying a
number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Associate’s degree or its equivalent
from a recognized college or technical institute. Each additional year of approved formal
education may be substituted for one year of required work experience.
Experience: One years’ experience in electronic or
mechanical work involving fine adjustment or work in a similar regulatory
environment. Each additional year of
approved work experience may be substituted for one year of required formal
education.
License/Certification: Possession of a valid New Hampshire
operator’s license.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: No
criminal record except minor traffic violations.
RECOMMENDED
WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of general mathematics including
addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. General knowledge of inspectional work. Ability to work independently. Ability to lift heavy weights. Ability to do mathematical computations. Ability to make written and oral
reports. Ability to testify at
quasi-judicial hearings. Ability to
establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of people
involved in agriculture, production, wholesale and/or retail trade. Must be willing to maintain appearance
appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency
appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive of
general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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