Hector Orozco
Summary
Proficient in successful approaches for overseeing operations and assessing programs. Excellent skills in report writing, records management and problem-solving. Focused on enhancing food safety and removing unsuitable items from food supply.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Food Inspector GS-7 Step 10
United States Department Of Agriculture, USDA
02.2021 - Current
- Front line inspector first line of defense, responsible for protecting consumers from potential hazards
- Inspected cow head, viscera, and carcass, assuring product was free of adulterants and contaminants
- Worked with high pathologic conditions that affect cows. Saw a heavy volume of different diseases that affect cattle.
- Was trained to maintain and ensure general sanitation practices and regulations.
- Gained knowledge and became familiar with Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points HACCP, CCPs, Good Manufacturing Practices GMP's, Sanitation Performance Standards SPS programs.
- Worked in a high-stress environment, which involved handling challenging situations.
- Trained and familiar with food safety hazards in red meat operations such as biological, chemical, or physical properties causing product to be unsafe in implementation of HACCP and SSOP's
Food Inspector GS-7 Step 9
United States Department Of Agriculture, USDA
08.2015 - 03.2021
- Reduced instances of cross-contamination by enforcing strict FSIS regulations regarding cross-contamination.
- Collaborated with other inspectors to ensure consistent application of food safety principles and standards across all inspections.
- I ensured effective and concise communication with the management and personnel of the establishment.
- Observed destruction and disposal of condemned items to maintain control and prevent contamination.
- Worked in a fast-paced environment that killed approximately 6300 cattle a day.
- Advance attention to detail
- Knowledge of directives, notices, and FSIS regulations to eliminate and prevent adulterated products from entering commerce.
- I promptly notified the chain of command when any threats to public health arose.
- I assisted offline inspectors (CSI) in enforcing zero-tolerance directives, SSOPs, SPS, and noncompliance reports.
Food Inspector GS-7 Step 8
United States Department Of Agriculture, USDA
05.2010 - 08.2015
- Worked in a high-stress, fast, fast-paced environment that killed approximately 6300 cows daily.
- Gained advance attention to detail
- Identified and reported Specific Risk Material (SRM) violations.
- Inspected and identified diseases, retained carcass, viscera, and head, and sent to the veterinarian.
- Familiar with establishment HACCP plans and their SSOPs
- Grew knowledge of how EM affects cattle and how to recognize it.
Education
High School Diploma -
Muleshoe High School
Muleshoe, TXSkills
- Quality control techniques
- Communication abilities
- HACCP experience
- Food Safety Regulations
- Inspection protocols
- Cross-Contamination Prevention
- Hazard analysis
- Temperature Monitoring
- Microbiology Knowledge
- Pathology understanding
- Condemnation procedures
- Food inspection
Accomplishments
- Discovered 4 cattle that have tested positive for tuberculosis.
- Shadowed CSI and learned about antemortem and humane handling
- Shadowed CSI did a SSOP review and observation
- Reviewed KISS test procedures and performed one under the supervision of CSI
- Shadowed CSI reviewed Hazard analysis CCPs and slaughter flow chart
- Assisted CSI with zero tolerance, which resulted in noncompliance, and learned how to fill out and write a noncompliance.
- Shadowed CSI did a general labeling observation.
- Shadowed CSI did a SSOP observation.
Awards
- Cash Award on 5/15/24
- Cash Award on 2/11/24
- Cash Award on 3/12/24
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
References
David Vasquez
(806)-570-5377
Fabian Machado
(787)-412-6093
Chris Uriegas
(210)-519-9980
Timeline
Food Inspector GS-7 Step 10
United States Department Of Agriculture, USDA
02.2021 - Current
Food Inspector GS-7 Step 9
United States Department Of Agriculture, USDA
08.2015 - 03.2021
Food Inspector GS-7 Step 8
United States Department Of Agriculture, USDA
05.2010 - 08.2015
High School Diploma -
Muleshoe High School
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