Animal Health Officer at Bomet County

ANIMAL HEALTH OFFICER – J/G CPSB 09 (V/NO: 19) (10 POSTS)

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Overseeing construction and maintenances of farm structures;
2. Giving advice on dip designing
3. Siting and appraising construction
4. Inspection and verification of imports and exports of consignments
5. Training and advising on milking techniques and external parasite control techniques such as dipping, spraying and dusting
6. Carry out vaccination, closed castration, dehorning, animal identification, deworming, disbudding, docking, debeaking and hoof trimming
7. Carrying out simple treatment of Animals
8. Participating in disease search, collecting and collating data and writing technical reports
9. Keeping records on animal breeding, animal health, milk production, dipping data, slaughter house daily kill, meat condemnation and movement permits
10. Maintaining dairy units
11. Participating in animal health field demonstrations and agricultural shows
12. Undertaking equipment sterilization, sample collection, packaging and dispatch
13. Inspecting livestock stock routes
14. Rearing experimental animals
15. Issuing of livestock movements permits
16. Undertaking artificial insemination, meat inspection and grading
17. Enforcing slaughterhouse hygiene, meat transport regulations and inspection of retail outlets of foods of animal origin

Requirements and Competencies for Appointment

1. Have a Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: – Animal Health Management, Animal Production and Health Management, Environmental Health Sciences, Livestock Economics or Health Extension from a recognized institution
2. Be registered by the Kenya Veterinary Board
3. Have a Certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution
4. Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable