Chief Animal Health Assistant

Requirements

• Served in the grade of Senior Animal Health Assistant for a minimum period of three (3) years;
• Certificate lasting not less than two years (2) in any of the following disciplines: - Animal Health, Environmental Health, Animal Health and production from a recognized institution;
• Registered by the Kenya Veterinary Board;
• Certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution; and
• Demonstrated merit and shown ability in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintaining dairy units
• Rearing of experimental animals
• Participating in animal health field demonstrations and agricultural shows;
• Collecting and collating animal health data
• Supervising Animal Health Assistants
• Demonstrating and training on milking techniques and external parasite control techniques such as dipping, spraying and dusting
• Carrying out vaccination, closed castration, dehorning, animal identification, deworming, disbudding, docking, debeaking and hoof trimming;
• Carrying out simple treatment of animals;
• Participating in disease search and reporting
• Undertaking artificial insemination, meat inspection and grading
• Enforcing slaughterhouse hygiene and meat transport regulations
• Training farmers on livestock records keeping and keeping records on animal breeding, animal health status, milk production, dipping data, slaughter house daily kil, meat condemnation and movement permits.