Job Description:

• 1) Inspects bedding materials and furniture padding to enforce public health laws and to investigate consumer complaints: Inspects premises and operations at furniture and bedding factories, warehouses, renovating plants, and sales outlets to ascertain compliance with state furniture and bedding sanitation laws.

• 2) Examines labels on furniture and bedding items to ascertain compliance with fiber content and labeling regulations.

• 3) Examines stock of used goods, condition of fumigation chambers, and use of prescribed chemicals.

• 4) Conducts laboratory analyses on sample fibers, feathers, and materials to determine usability and cleanliness, utilizing standardized microscopic examination and chemical tests.

• 5) May cite or arrest suspected violators and testify in court.