FOOD SAFETY SPECIALIST I AND II – WAILUKU/KAHULUI – MAUI Full Time

Please do not submit a resume in place of completing the Supplemental Questions. A response of “see resume” or “see application” will deem your application incomplete.

You must submit verification (e.g., copies of official transcripts or diploma as instructed below) in order to receive credit for education. In general, proof of education downloaded from and/or submitted through the internet will not be accepted. Education obtained outside the United States must be comparable to education earned at an accredited school in the United States. We also reserve the right to request further information about your academic program, evidence of comparability, or an original transcript.

To receive credit for substitute, temporary assignment, or volunteer experience, you must submit an official letter of verification. The letter should include the job title, employment dates, number of hours worked, a description of the professional duties performed, and a contact name and phone number.

Any information you submit may be verified. Supporting documents must be either electronically attached to your application or submitted to our office at: State of Hawaii – Department of Human Resources Development – 235 South Beretania Street, 11th Floor – Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.

• I acknowledge that I have read, understand and agree to all of the above.

In general, concurrent experiences and/or education will not be double credited unless otherwise specified. Your possession of the required amount of experience will not in and of itself be accepted as proof of qualification for the position. The overall paid or unpaid experience must be of such scope and responsibility as to conclusively demonstrate that you have the ability to perform the duties of the position

Our calculation of experience will be based upon a full-time, 40-hour work week. Part-time experience will be pro-rated.

Example: Twelve months of experience at 20 hours/week will be pro-rated to six months of experience. Also, hours worked in excess of 40 hours/week will not be extra credited.

Example: Twelve months of experience at 60 hours/week will be credited as one year of experience, not one and a half years.

• I acknowledge that I have read, understand, and agree to all of the above.

In order to receive credit for your academic training, you MUST ATTACH a copy of your OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT(S) as verification.

if a copy is NOT submitted at the time of application, you will not receive credit.

• I do not meet the Education requirement.
• I do not possess a Bachelor’s degree, but possess excess professional work as described in the Minimum Qualification Requirements.
• I possess a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four (4) year college or universty with a major in one of the physical or biological sciences
• I possess a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four (4) year college or university.

If YES, attach a copy of your official transcripts to your online application as verification.

In order to receive credit for your masters degree, you MUST SUBMIT a legible copy of your OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS by attaching it to your online application, if you have not already done so.

if a copy is NOT submitted at the time of application, you will not receive credit.

• No I do not possess a master’s degree as described in the Minimum Qualification Requirements.
• Yes I do possess a master’s degree from an accredited college or university in one of the physical or biological sciences.

If “NO”, so state. If “YES”, provide the following information for each experience you would like us to consider.

All employers listed below should also be listed on your application. Any information you submit may be verified. Treat each change in employer or position separately.

The information for each employer should include:

A. Employer’s name
-Your Job Title
-Dates of employment (start/end, month/year),
-Average number of hours worked per week,
B. Describe this employer, the section you worked in, the services provided, and the clientele served.

C. What is the primary function of your position? What are your major duties and responsibilities?

D. For each employer, describe your experience in each of the areas below (#1-5). Address each area separately.

Include the level of your experience, the types of establishments you inspected, your specific role, the steps you took and the results of your involvement. Give relevant examples that will clearly show the extent of your duties and responsibilities.

1) Knowledge and application of the principles, practices and techniques of sanitation in the promotion of public health.
-How did you gain this knowledge?
– What specific sanitation issues did you deal with?
-How did you apply your knowledge?

2) Application of knowledge to formulate and execute methods and procedures to control various factors in the environment which influence the health, safety and welfare of humans.
-What kinds of sanitation methods and techniques did you apply?
-What was your major goal in applying these techniques, methods, etc.?

3) Knowledge of pertinent laws, rules and regulations pertaining to an area of sanitation, such as air, water, food and drugs, communicable diseases, vector control, etc.
-What specific area(s) of sanitation did you work in?
-How did you ensure compliance with applicable sanitation laws, rules and regulations?
-What laws and rules did you apply, how did you apply them, and for what purpose?

4) Conducting inspections and/or investigations for sanitary conditions.
-What kinds of conditions did you inspect or investigate?
-What inspectional or investigational methods did you apply?
-How did you apply these methods?
-What was your level of authority?

5) Educating individuals or businesses to comply with sanitation program laws, rules, regulations and standards.
-What was the nature of the information you presented?
-Who did you provide information to?
-What sanitation issues did you address?
-How did you measure or assess the level of compliance that was achieved?

E. If your primary responsibility is not directly involved in the day-to-day functions of inspection, enforcement and education of sanitary conditions, what was your role in this process?

F. Does this employer have a separate division or individual that conducts inspections or quality control for sanitary conditions; or was this function outsourced to another entity? Explain.

G. What was the official job title of your supervisor? Describe in detail how your duties and authority differed from your supervisor.

NOTE: Be specific and complete in your responses. We do not make assumptions.

A resume or copied/pasted summary paragraph in lieu of answering each supplemental question completely/properly may not provide sufficient information and will be rejected.