Assistant Animal Health Officer

Turkana County Public Service Board invites applications from competent and qualified persons to fill the following re-advertised positions:

Assistant Animal Health Officer III – 3 Posts

Job Group: H

REF: TUR/CPSB/052/2024/2025

Terms of Service: Permanaent and Pensionable

An officer at this level will work under guidance and supervision of a senior officer.

Requirements and competencies for appointment:

• Diploma in any of the following disciplines: – Animal Health, Animal Health and Production, Environmental Health, Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Diagnosis, Poultry Science, Veterinary Public Health and Meat Technology or Animal Husbandry from a recognized institution
• Be registered by the Kenya Veterinary Board
• Have a certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution; and
• Have shown ability and demonstrated merit in work performance and results

Duties and responsibilities

• Participating in animal health field demonstrations and agricultural shows
• Participating in sample collection and dispatch
• Inspecting livestock stock routes and collecting data and writing technical reports; demonstrating and training 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
• Carrying out simple treatment of animals
• Participating in disease search and reporting;
• Keeping records on animal breeding,
• Animal health, milk production, dipping data and maintaining dairy units