Vacancy title:
Assistant Animal Health Officer III - 5 posts job

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, Category: Agricultural Services & Products]

Jobs at:
Uasin Gishu County Government

Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, May 1 2025

Duty Station:
Uasin Gishu | Uasin Gishu | Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, April 22 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Assistant Animal Health Officer III - 5 Posts

• Job TypeFull Time
• QualificationDiploma
• Experience
• LocationUasin Gishu
• Job FieldAgriculture / Agro-Allied 

Requirements for Appointment: -

• Diploma in any· of the following disciplines: - Animal Health, Animal Health and Production, Environmental Health, Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Diagnosis, Poultry Science or Animal Husbandry from a recognized institution;
• Possess a current valid practicing certificate;
• Membership of a relevant professional body; and
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities: -

• Oversee construction and maintenance of farm structures;
• Give advice on dip designing siting and appraise construction' and inspection and verification of imports and export of consignments;
• Train and advise on milking techniques and external parasite control technique such as dipping, spraying and dusting;
• Carry out vaccination, closed castration dehorning, animal identification, Deworming, disbudding, docking debeaking and hoof trimming;
• Carry out treatment of animals as per the skills acquired;
• Participate in disease search;
• Collect and collate data and write livestock technical reports;
• Keep records on animal breeding, animal health milk production, dipping data, laughter house daily kill, meat condemnation and movement permits;
• Participate in animal health field demonstrations and agricultural shows;
• Undertake equipment sterilization, sample collection, packaging and dispatch;
• Rear experimental animals' issue of livestock movement permits
• Undertake artificial insemination, meat inspection and grading;
• Enforce slaughterhouse hygiene, meat transport regulations;

Work Hours: 8

Experience: No Requirements

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to Uasin Gishu County Government on jobs.uasingishu.go.ke to apply

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