Weighmasters

 

Weighmaster licensing is no longer required in Idaho as of July 1st, 2020.  The 2020 Idaho Legislature, in conjunction with ISDA removed the application and license fee requirement.

 

A person who weighs grains, dry peas, potato starch, dry beans, leguminous and all other small seeds, hay, wool, bulk potatoes, bulk fertilizers, sugar beets and feeds (not including minerals) commercially is considered a Weighmaster.  These individuals must ensure accurate weighing and correct weight tickets.

 

Instructions for Accurate Weighing

BALANCE THE SCALE – make sure nothing is binding or interfering with the deck or live parts of the scale, and balance the scale at zero each day at the start of weighing, before any commodity is weighed, when a weighmaster resumes weighing after an absence from the scale, or at any time before weighing when a balance change has occurred.

 

WEIGHING – The vehicle scale used to weigh commodities must be sufficient length and capacity to weigh an entire vehicle as a single draft (NIST Handbook 44, UR.3.3).  Weight of a coupled combination may be determined by uncoupling the various elements and weighing each unit separately as a single draft, and adding the results.  A Gross and a Tare weight need to be recorded for each net weight.  Weight tickets need to be complete, including: date, identification of commodity and owner, three weight entries, and signature of weighmaster.

 

WEIGHER’S RESPONSIBILITY – The primary responsibility of a weighmaster is to determine and record the true weight of a commodity without prejudice or favor, without regard for commodity ownership, price, condition, shrink, or other considerations.  All growers, sellers, packers, dealers, drivers, handlers or other having legitimate interest in a commodity being weighed, are entitled to observe the balancing, weighing, and recording procedures. A weighmaster must not deny that right or withhold from them any information pertaining to the weight.