Nursing-Registered; Maternal​/Newborn Instructor Tenure-Track - Amended & Extended

Overview

Minimum Qualifications SUMMARY:
Under general supervision, is responsible for supervisory professional work of considerable difficulty in planning and supervising statewide inspection and enforcement activities related to horticultural laws and regulations; and performs related work as required.

Distinguishing Features
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This is the highest supervisory class in the Plant Inspection sub-series. An employee in this class plans, supervises, and administers the statewide plant inspection program. Work involves the supervision of all lower level inspectors. This class differs from Plant Inspector 3 in that an incumbent of the latter functions as an area supervisor.

• Administers statewide enforcement of rules and regulations related to the growth and sale of plants; assigns, trains, supervises, and evaluates regional supervisors and their work; reviews and makes decisions on employment, retention, promotion, demotion, and other human resources actions.
• Evaluates policies and procedures and makes recommendations for change; evaluates the organization, overall operations, and services provided and makes recommendations for improvements in economy, efficiency, and quality.
• Plans, directs, and evaluates standards and guidelines for various plant inspection programs, such as the routine inspection and enforcement program, plant insects and pests survey program, and the plant dealer certification program.
• Reviews and approves all quarantine orders to ensure proper enforcement of pertinent regulations.
• Reviews and approves all plant producers and plant dealer certifications.

Education and Experience
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Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in horticulture, entomology, plant pathology, or other related plant sciences field and the development or enforcement of regulations which deal with the production or distribution of experience equivalent to four years of full-time work in one or a combination of the following: (1) horticultural/agricultural plants or the application of commercial pesticides, or (2) the production and distribution, or scientific study of horticultural plants.

Non-substitutable Experience
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At least one year of the required experience must have involved supervising staff who enforce compliance with the production or distribution of horticultural/agricultural plants.

Substitution of Experience for Education
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Qualifying full-time professional experience in (1) the development or enforcement of regulations which deal with the production or distribution of horticultural/agricultural plants or the application of commercial pesticides, and/or (2) the production and distribution, or scientific study of horticultural plants may be substituted for the required education, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of four years (e.g., experience equivalent to one year of full-time work in one or a combination of the above listed fields may substitute for one year of the required education).

Substitution of Education for Experience
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Additional graduate course work in horticulture, entomology, plant pathology, and/or other related plant sciences field may be substituted for the required non-specialized experience, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of one year (e.g. 45 quarter hours with at least nine quarter hours in one or a combination of the above listed fields may substitute for one year of the required experience, there being no substitution for the one year of required supervisory experience).

OR
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Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree and five years of experience in one or a combination of the following: (1) the development or enforcement of regulations which deal with the production or distribution of horticultural/agricultural plants or the application of commercial pesticides, or (2) the production and distribution, or scientific study of horticultural plants.

Non-substitutable Experience
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At least one year of the required experience must have involved supervising staff who enforce compliance with the production or distribution of horticultural/agricultural plants.

Competencies (KSA's)

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