USDA Vacancy Announcement GS-1980-5/7 Agricultural Commodity Grader Recent Graduate

Expires: 28th August, 2026 Texas

The vacancies are in Lamesa, TX and Visalia, CA. Please share the link or announcement number with any interested students! The vacancy is located on the USA Jobs website at www.usajobs.gov.

 USDA Vacancy Announcement: GS-1980-5/7 Agricultural Commodity Grader (Recent Graduate)

The Agricultural Commodity Grader (Recent Graduate), GS-1980-5/7 vacancy announcement in the Cotton and Tobacco Program, Grading Division’s Lamesa, TX and Visalia, CA offices opened on Friday, May 22, 2026, through Friday, May 29, 2026.

Attached is an overview of the vacancy announcement from the USA Jobs website.  Here is a link to the vacancy announcement on the USA Jobs website (www.usajobs.gov):

USAJobs- Job Announcement or search USA Jobs for Announcement RG-12967872-26-CTH

Qualifications

To qualify, you MUST meet all program and qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement. To be eligible, applicants must meet one of the following requirements;

• Completed all requirements for an associates, bachelors, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational, or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution within the previous two (2) years. Current students who will complete their degree requirements by 6/30/2026 will be considered.

OR

• Individuals who, due to military service obligation, were precluded from applying to the Recent Graduates Program during any portion of the 2-year eligibility period described above shall have a full 2-year period of eligibility upon release or discharge from active duty. This eligibility period cannot extend more than 6 years from the date on which the requirements for the academic course of study were met.
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FOR THE GS-05 LEVEL: Applicants must have 3 years of general, progressively responsible experience, one year of which was equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the GS-4 level in the Federal service. Experience must demonstrate the ability to:

• Identify problems, gather pertinent data, or recognize solutions.
• Plan and organize work.
• Utilize office software such as: Adobe, Excel, Word.

OR 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AT THE GS-07 GRADE LEVEL: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the GS-05 level in the Federal Service. This experience may have been obtained in the private or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors. Examples of qualifying experience include, but are not limited to:

• Apply grade standards to agricultural commodities.
• Uses office software to create work products and reviews the work of others.
• Leads groups by prioritizing workflows and meeting targeted deadlines.

OR 1 full year of graduate level education in Agriculture, Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Business, Economics, or related subjects.

OR Superior Academic Achievement: To qualify based on superior academic achievement, you must have completed the requirements for a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution AND 1) have a class standing in the upper third of the graduating class, 2) membership in a national scholastic honor society (excluding Freshman honor societies), or 3) must meet certain GPA requirements. GPA requirements: 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 as recorded on official transcripts or as computed based on 4 years of education, or courses completed during the final 2 year of the curriculum; OR 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on the average of the required course completed in the major field or courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum (GPA will be rounded to one decimal place, e.g., 2.95 rounds to 3.0 and 2.94 rounds to 2.9).

Application Information

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/870297800