Assistant Agricultural Inspector

Department Of Agriculture, Food And The Marine

Co Kildare

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is a multi-functional organisation which provides a wide range of services both directly and through specialist state agencies operating under its aegis. The Department has a wide and diverse customer base which includes farmers, taxpayers, consumers, food processers and other commercial operators, those involved in. sea fishing, forestry, bio-energy, research as well as diverse EU institutions, other State Bodies and special interest groups. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine would like to recruit Assistant Agricultural Inspectors in the followings specialisms: • Pest Risk Analysis. • Entomology. • Bee Health. • Nematology. • Plant Pathology (Bacteriology. The successful candidates will become members of the Agricultural Inspectorate team. The Inspectorate team is responsible for bringing scientific expertise to bear on the development of the Irish agri-food sector, including funding of Irish agri-food research programmes, and on the negotiation and enforcement of European Union and national legislation relating to agriculture.

1779 days ago