Also called: Consumer Safety Officer
Inspects food factories, drug plants, and medical device makers to protect public health.
FDA investigators show up at a peanut butter plant or a pharmaceutical lab, check sanitation and records, and collect samples. Some travel overseas to inspect drug factories in India or China. When there's a food poisoning outbreak, they help trace the source.
Federal General Schedule (GS) pay scale.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's with at least 30 science credits.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Chemistry, Food Science, Microbiology.
Growing about average. Approximate.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps pick high-risk plants and review records; unannounced on-site inspections stay human.
Classes: AP Chemistry, AP Biology, Food science class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-5011.
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