National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA)

POSITION TITLE: Field Enumerators
STATUS: Part-time, Intermittent
LOCATION: Must live in West Phoenix – Buckeye area
CLOSING DATE: Position remains open until filled by qualified applicant.

WEBSITE: http://www.nasda.org
POSITION SUMMARY:
Enumerators gather agricultural information; face to face with farmers and ranchers in the field, and over the telephone.

DUTIES AND RESONSIBILITIES:
1. Work out of their home and in the field.
2. Interactively interview, in person or by telephone, farmers and ranchers or other agriculture related professionals.
3. Read aerial photographs and grid acreage.
4. Deliver timely, detailed, legible records of interviews, crop counts, expenditures and hours worked.
5. Maintain and insure their own vehicle.
6. Complete duties as assigned by the NASDA supervisor.
7. Work part-time, although some surveys may require up to 8 hours or more per day and 40 hours or more during a single week, including weekends. The nature of the work is intermittent. Surveys are conducted on a cyclical basis, tied to the growing and harvesting seasons of crops and commodities. The workload varies from very heavy to no work at all and an offer of employment for one survey carries no promise or commitment for work on future surveys.
8. Represent USDA — National Agricultural Statistics Service in all of their survey activities.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED
 the ability to understand complex instructions in both written and oral form;
 the ability to apply these instructions while working independently in the field;
 a basic knowledge of agriculture;
 common sense;
 the ability to enlist the cooperation of farmers and other respondents;
 legible handwriting;
 the ability to communicate effectively both in writing and orally;
 a clear voice and speech pattern;
 good listening skills;
 the ability to meet deadlines;
 the ability to use maps and aerial photographs in completing survey forms;
 the ability to gain physical access to fields;
 the ability to accurately follow survey procedures;
 positively interacting with co-workers;
 and positively promoting NASS and NASDA to the general public.

NASDA is an equal opporturnity employer.
If interested please call: 480-832-1013

• Location: West Phoenix – Buckeye
• Compensation: $10.26 /hr .555 cents/mile
• This is a part-time job.
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