Aquaculture Technician Job Vacancy

Job Title: Aquaculture Technician
Job Ref: Ngetta/02/2010
Reports to: Aquaculture Scientist
Work Station: Ngetta Lira
Salary Scale: UR6

Overall Purpose:
Aquaculture technicians provides support to Scientists undertaking acquaculture/fisheries research by employing know/ledge of laboratory principles, practices and procedures to process fish and marine samples, specimens and materials for analysis of biological and physical properties.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Prepare work plans for field sampling and data collection on the biology and ecology of different species of fish
• Prepare equipment for field sampling and data collection
• Generate data on the biological and ecological parameters of different fish species: • Characterization of sampling ponds including, composition, relative abundance, population structure, maturity and distribution
• Collection and preservation of fish samples for food and fecundity analysis Laboratory analysis of the collected samples
• Interact with fisher communities to understand their problems
• Write field reports and preliminary analysts report .
• General laboratory organization
• Proper use, care and maintenance of laboratory and field equipment
• Store data in both electronic and hard copies
• Participate in workshops, Agricultural shows and any other activity related to information dissemination.
• Participate in training of students and farmers on acquaculture

Minimum Qualifications:
• Ordinary Diploma in either science Technology or Fisheries Management Technology
• Two (2) years' relevant working experience gained from a fisheries related institution

Key Competencies:
• Knowledge and skills in aquaculture
• Must be computer literate
• Must have Knowledge on data analysis and use of statistical tools
• Ability to collect and analyze data and write reports
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Application Procedures:
Interested persons with the above requirements should submit their handwritten applications together with detailed curriculum vitae giving day-time telephones contacts and names and addresses of 3(three) referees as well as copies of professional certificates and testimonials to the underlisted address within 21 days from 24-10-2010

Only Successful applicants will be invited for interviews at short notice Applicants who do not receive any response within two weeks of the closing date should consider their application unsuccessful.

The Director,
Ngetta Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute
P.O. Box 52, LIRA