Senior Weights and Measures Assistant (1 Position) at Nakuru County Government

VACANCY  No. 04/PROM/2023/07

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE, BUSINESS SUPPORT, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, TOURISM AND CULTURE

Requirements for Appointment

• Served in the grade of Weights and Measures Assistant I for a minimum period of three (3) years;
• Diploma in any of the following disciplines: - Law, Instrumentation, Computer Science, Information Communication Technology (ICT), Metrology or (Mechanical/ Electrical/ Electronic) Engineering or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in computer applications skills; and from a recognized institution; and 
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Testing and stamping of mechanical and electronic weighing and measuring equipment, and class II mechanical and electronic scales used for pharmaceutical dispensing and jewelry trade;
• Collection of data on verified;
• Compiling data collected on verified equipment at traders premises, stamping stations and verification office;
• Sampling pre-packaged goods for quantitative analysis; 
• Supervising preparation of weighing and measuring equipment during trade fairs and public service exhibitions;
• Testing of meters of water, milk other liquid foods and liquefied gas;
• Collecting and accounting for Appropriation in Aid (A-I-A); 
• Carrying out inspection on internal controls by the manufacturers
• Measuring systems including software for data processing of measuring results.
• Give evidence in court on offences arising from infringement of the Weights and Measures Act (Cap.513), the trade Descriptions Act (Cap. 505) and related regulations; 
• Carrying out inspection on wholesale and retail trading premises on the use of weighing and measuring equipment; 
• Preparing publicity materials for trade fairs and exhibitions ;
• Calibrating prover tanks and maintaining Secondary Reference Standards;
• Testing of fabric and area measuring instruments, and all electronic weighing and measuring equipment.
• Deliver lectures at traders’ courses; 
• Requisitioning workshop tools and verification materials; 
• Supervising and coordinating verification activities at stamping stations; 
• Testing automatic weighing machines, bulk weighers and totalizing machines , bulk meters at oil depots; and
• Carrying out verification of weighing and measuring equipment used by local authorities and other government institutions to ensure accuracy.