Animal Health Officer - 2 Posts At Nakuru County Government

For appointment to this grade a candidate must have:
Bachelor's degree in any of the following disciplines: Animal Health Management; Animal Production, Animal Production and Health Management, Environmental Health Sciences, Livestock Economics or Health Extension from a recognized institution;
Registration by the Kenya Veterinary Board;
Valid Practicing license from Kenya Veterinary Board; and
Have a Certificate in Computer applications from a recognised institution.

Duties and Responsibilities
Overseeing construction and maintenance of farm structures;
Giving advice on dip designing, siting and appraising construction;
Inspection and verification of imports and export of consignments;
Training and advising on milking techniques and external parasite control techniques such as dipping, spraying and dusting;
Carrying out vaccination, closed castration, dehorning, animal identification, deworming, disbudding, docking, debeaking and hoof trimming;
Carrying out simple treatment of animals;
Participating in disease search, collecting and collating data and writing technical reports;
Keeping records on animal breeding, animal health, milk production, dipping data, slaughter house daily kill, meat condemnation and movement permits;
Maintaining dairy units;
Participating in animal health field demonstrations and agricultural shows;
Undertaking equipment sterilisation, sample collection, packaging and dispatch;
Inspecting livestock stock routes;
Rearing experimental animals;
Issuing of livestock movement permits;
Undertaking artificial insemination, meat inspection and grading; and
Enforcing slaughterhouse hygiene, meat transport regulations and inspection of retail outlets of foods of animal origin.