Senior Animal Health Assistant at Laikipia County Government

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail: -

Enforcing slaughterhouse hygiene and meat transport regulations; training farmers on livestock records keeping; keeping records on animal breeding, animal health, milk production, dipping data, slaughter house daily kill, meat condemnation and movement permits; maintaining dairy units; rearing experimental animals; and participating in animal health field demonstrations and agricultural shows; demonstrating on milking techniques and external parasite control techniques such as dipping, spraying and dusting; carrying out vaccination, closed castration, dehorning, deworming, disbudding, docking, debeaking and hoof trimming; carrying out simple treatment of animals; participating in disease search and reporting; and undertaking artificial insemination, meat inspection and grading.

Requirements for Appointments;

For appointment to this grade an officer must have:

• Served in the grade of Animal Health Assistant I for a minimum period of three(3) years;  
• Certificate lasting not less than two (2) years in any of the following disciplines: - Animal Health, Environmental Health, Animal Health and Production from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution; and
• Shown ability and demonstrated merit in work performance and results