Agricultural and Fish Products Inspectors
Job description
These individuals control and verify products to ensure that they conform to production, storage, and transportation standards. This group also includes Supervisors of Agricultural and Fish Product Inspectors. They work in government agencies and organizations as well as food processing companies.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
- Biological agents
- Odours
- Uncontrolled ambient temperature
Main tasks
Fish and Fish Products Inspectors
- Inspect fish and fish products.
- Control fish handling and processing methods.
- Draft reports.
- Ensure compliance with regulations.
Fruit and Vegetables Inspectors
- Inspect fruit and vegetables in quality control centres.
- Draft reports on agricultural production and market conditions.
Grain Inspectors
- Inspect and classify grain in transit elevators.
- Monitor fumigation of infested grain.
- Examine warehouses as well as handling and transportation equipment.
- Monitor the implementation of routine sanitation practices.
Meat Inspectors
- Control the activities and sanitary conditions of slaughterhouses and meat processing plants.
- Inspect carcasses to ensure compliance with standards.
Plant Protection Inspectors
- Approve seed crops.
- Monitor the quarantine, treatment, destruction, and fumigation of plants and plant products.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to management positions.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 62.5% Female
- 37.5% Male
- 62.5% Female
- 37.5% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
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NAICS 9162% of jobs
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NAICS 311, 31220% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 11527% of jobs
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NAICS 5413, 54145% of jobs
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NAICS 414% of jobs
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Others2% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 9162% of jobs
-
NAICS 311, 31220% of jobs
-
NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 11527% of jobs
-
NAICS 5413, 54145% of jobs
-
NAICS 414% of jobs
-
Others2% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
DCS in techniques de diététique
Placement rate: 73.9%
22.5% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS in technologie des procédés et de la qualité des aliments
Placement rate: 81%
16.7% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS in technologie des productions animales
Placement rate: 80.5%
17.1% of graduates pursue further studies
University
Food sciences and technology
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 58.1%
39.5% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 89.5%
5.3% of graduates pursue further studies
Sometimes required
- A Bachelor’s degree or college diploma in a related discipline may be required for Inspectors who do not work for the government.
- Several years of experience in agricultural production or fish processing are usually required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Quality control analysis
- Active listening
- Reading comprehension
- Result evaluation
- Information processing
- Critical thought
- Oral expression
- Active learning
- Judgment and decision-making
- Monitoring operations
- System analysis
- Coordination
- Systems evaluation
- Written expression
- Solving complex problems
- Teaching
Abilities
- Awareness of issues
- Oral comprehension
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Near vision
- Verbal skills
- Written comprehension
- Speech clarity
- Distance vision
- Processing flexibility
- Perception speed
- Speech recognition
- Classification
- Written expression
- Information organization
- Information processing speed
- Auditory attention
- Selective attention
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Critical thinking
- Autonomy
- Honesty
- Rigour
- Respect standards and regulations
- Sense of observation
- Commitment to quality
- Knowledge of plant and animal production
- Tolerance to routine work
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Develop and exploit natural resources
- Work outdoors
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Official name of the NOC 22111
Agricultural and fish products inspectors
Job titles
- Fish and fish products inspector
- Fruit and vegetables inspector
- Animal health inspector
- Animal primary products inspector
- Plant protection inspector
- Assistant grain inspector
- Fish inspector-grader
- Slaughtering and meat processing plant inspector
- Livestock inspector
- Seed crop inspector
- Inspector of perishable goods
- Seed grains inspector
- Grain inspector
- Cream inspector
- Flour inspector
- Vegetable inspector
- Agricultural products inspector
- Food products inspector
- Fish products inspector
- Dairy products inspector
- Plant primary products inspector
- Meat inspector
- Poultry inspector
- Butter inspector
- Milk inspector
- Bread inspector
- Fish inspector
- Crop certification inspector
- Meat hygiene inspector
- Contagious animal disease prevention inspector
- Fruit and vegetable inspection centre supervisor
- Agricultural products inspection supervisor
- Grain inspection supervisor
- Fish products inspection supervisor
- Meat inspection supervisor
- Fruit inspector
Skill type
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations
Last update: January 29, 2026