Animal Health Officer - 10 Posts at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

Duties and responsibilities 
This is the entry grade for this cadre. An officer at this level will work under the guidance of a senior officer. Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:- 

• Overseeing construction and maintenance of farm structures; 
• Giving  advice  on dip designing, siting and appraising construction ; and 
• Inspection and verification of imports and export of consignments; 
• Training and advising 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, collecting and collating data and writing technical reports; keeping records on animal breeding, animal health, milk production, dipping data, slaughter house daily kill, meat condemnation and movement permits; 
• Maintaining dairy units;
• Participating in animal health field demonstrations and agricultural shows; 
• Undertaking equipment sterilization, sample collection, packaging and dispatch; inspecting livestock stock routes; 
• Rearing experimental animals; 
• Issuing of livestock movement permits; 
• Undertaking artificial insemination, meat inspection and grading; and 
• Enforcing slaughterhouse hygiene, meat transport regulations and inspection of retail outlets of foods of animal origin.

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Have Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines; - Animal Health Management; Animal Production, Animal Production and Health Management, Environmental Health Sciences, Livestock Economics or Health Extension from a recognized institution; and
• Be registered by the Kenya Veterinary Board