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on a typical day I arrive at a designated plant and set up for the day. I pull out and fill the designated forms for the day and set up my certification stamp. Throughout the day I collect samples and weigh and sort them, I catalog any defects and stamp the cases for the good product. At the end of the workday I finish the forms and clean up.
I've learned a lot about how color affects the flavors of walnuts and how walnuts are sorted and packaged.
Management is really understanding when it comes to plants challenging our calls about the product.
 I don't get to see any of my co-workers but the people I work with varies from plant to plant.
The hardest part of the job is dealing with numbers all day and the people. 
The most enjoyable part of the job is handling product.

All depends in what processing plant you are send to work. Some are low paced with friendly environment; others are really noisy fast estressful places. Most plants work 40 hrs at week, but sometimes it is necessary to work overtime. There are a few plants that work more than 8 hrs/day and Saturdays. In the area of Chico Ca., the supervisor is a nice person and try to send you work to the best match plant for your needs. As Inspector you have the responsibility to grade commodity products and fill up correctly all the paperwork for certification. It is very important to do this right in order for the plants to be able to sell their commodity nationally and internationally.

The Laboratory Technician job at DFA of California was a solid stepping stone for gaining experience in water testing and quality control. The role provided valuable hands-on experience in laboratory procedures, making it a great foundation for anyone looking to advance in the water industry. However, the management left much to be desired, as leadership and communication were lacking. Additionally, the pay was relatively low, and the compensation package wasn’t very competitive, which made long-term growth in the position difficult. Overall, it was a good starting point but not the best place for career advancement.

Perfect for recent grads that need experience. Learn a lot. Expected to do work outside of your job description because "we help each other out". Which just means they don't hire enough people and overwhelm/undertrain staff. Mostly work alone. Some managers are great and understanding, others are micromanagers which makes the job stressful. My advice is to get in for experience but leave when new opportunities arise. Pay and job advancement are stagnant.

Every morning I would check all my equipment to start my procedure in doing extractions of almonds. Learning the points of how much it should stay at for the readings of Aflatoxion and running the HPLC machine. The hardest part is making sure the peaks of the first valve is reading correctly. The manager would order a sandwich platter for all of us during the Holidays.

It was a very chill and laid back environment. As long as you were doing your job and doing the paperwork correctly, then everything goes smoothly. The work was a bit hard for me to understand in the beginning, but I learn slower than normal people unfortunately. But they worked with me and were always accepting and very patient with me if I had any questions. (I had a lot of questions in the beginning).

This job wasn’t difficult at all but was one of the worst I ever had. During the season you work 7 days/weekends 10 to 12 hours. No benefits. Sick days accumulate after certain hours. Supervisor is rude and unprofessional. Training is bad. Seniority has priorities first.

In season there is lots of work.  Different extractions of samples are required and. I learned how to work on my own because in the Chemistry lab you have to work on your own.  Its hard to work in a place that will not give you a raise even if you have a good evaluation.

At times I was working 35+ hours/week as requested but was unable to be a full time employee. The people are nice and inviting and willing to teach you how to do the job but the pay is very low which is probably why they have a high turnover rate at the specific site I worked at. 

Everything was great everything was fine everything was horrendous Everything was good everything was great I went to work every day I slaved we had lunch 15 and 30 minutes breaks you work 10 hours a day sometimes 12 management comes around and micromanage and the customers are very nice and some are very dumb

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