Zoologist - 6 Posts at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

Duties and Responsibilities
This is the entry and training 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 entail 

• Participating in surveillance activities such as habitat identification, deploying monitoring traps, collecting insects, sorting, dissecting, parasitological analysis and identification of insect pests of veterinary importance; 
• Undertaking suppression and eradication of tsetse and trypanosomiasis activities which include deployment and servicing of control traps, insecticide treated targets and animal spraying; 
• Participating in community  mobilization and awareness creation in collaboration with other stakeholders on insect pests eradication technologies; 
• Collecting and submitting data; and
• Preparing work plans.

For appointment to this grade

• A candidate must have a Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: Biological Sciences (insect Science), Zoology, Entomology, Parasitology, or Vector Biology from a recognised institution.