檢控主任主要被調派擔任下列的工作：
(a) 處理初級聆訊的法庭程序；
(b) 評估有關本部門所執行法例的檢控案件資料；
(c) 撰寫案情摘要並於聆訊時呈交法庭；
(d) 協助高級農林督察經雜項程序向裁判法院申請充公已檢取的瀕危物種和其他物品；
(e) 協助高級農林督察/政府律師/外判律師處理審訊工作；
(f) 協助高級農林督察準備將會交付法庭審閲的警誡供詞和任何文件證物的翻譯本，以便交由司法機構翻譯核證組核證；
(g) 安排控方證人出席聆訊和出示證物；
(h) 處理控罪書案件的檢控並於有需要時在非辦公時間工作；
(i) 保存和更新案件的記錄和資料，包括已審結及等候聆訊的案件；以及
(j) 執行上級派遣的任何其他職務。

A Prosecution Officer is mainly deployed on -
(a) conducting court proceedings at preliminary hearings in Magistrates’ Courts;
(b) assessing the case materials relating to the legislations enforced by the Department;
(c) preparing brief facts of case for submission to court for hearing;
(d) assisting Senior Field Officers to make applications to magistrate’s courts for forfeiture of seized endangered species and other articles through miscellaneous proceedings;
(e) assisting Senior Field Officers/government counsels/counsels-on-fiat in trial hearings;
(f) assisting Senior Field Officers to prepare translated cautioned statements and any documentary evidence, which are intended to be tendered in court, for certification by the Judiciary Translation/Certification Office;
(g) arranging the attendance of prosecution witnesses and the production of exhibits;
(h) handling charge cases and may work during non-office hours;
(i) keeping records and up-to-date information of all cases that have been tried or are awaiting court hearings; and,
(j) performing any other duties as assigned by supervisors.