SENIOR ANIMAL HEALTH ASSISTANT

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

   i.          Served in the grade of Animal Health Assistant I for a minimum period of three (3) years;

  ii.          Certificate lasting not less than two years (2) in any of the following disciplines: - Animal Health, Environmental Health, Animal Health and production from a recognized institution;

iii.          Registered by the Kenya Veterinary Board;

 iv.          Certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution;   and

  v.          Shown ability and demonstrated merit in work performance and results.

 Duties and Responsibilities

   i.          Enforcing slaughterhouse hygiene and meat transport regulations;

  ii.          Training farmers on livestock records keeping and keeping records on animal breeding, animal health status, milk production, dipping data, slaughter house daily kill, meat condemnation and movement permits;

iii.          Maintaining dairy units;

 iv.          Rearing of experimental animals;

  v.          Participating in animal health field demonstrations and agricultural shows;

 vi.          Demonstrating on milking techniques and external parasite control techniques such as dipping, spraying and dusting;

vii.          Carrying out vaccination, closed castration, dehorning, animal identification, deworming, disbudding, docking, debeaking and hoof trimming;

viii.          Carrying out simple treatment of animals;

ix.          Participating in disease search and reporting; and

  x.          Undertaking artificial insemination, meat inspection and grading