Soil Fertility Technician Job Vacancy- Employment Opportunity

Job Title: Soil Fertility Technician
Salary UR 6
Reports to: Soil Scientist

Duties and Responsibilities

a. Preparing and maintaining laboratory materials, setting-up, adjusting, calibrating, cleaning, maintaining, and troubleshooting laboratory and field equipment
b. Visiting farmers to identify soil fertility problems and indigenous traditional knowledge used to manage the problems in targeted
c. Collecting and analyzing soil specimens and plant samples
d. Monitor and observe experiments, collect and analyze data; recording production and test data for evaluation as well as preparing reports of results
e. Collect meteorological information and data covering weather parameters such as rain, temperature, humidity, moisture, solar radiation, evaporation, wind-peed and direction etc. Other related tasks include analysis of meteorological data to establish weather patterns.
f. Any other duty assigned by the immediate Supervisor

Minimum Qualifications:
• Diploma/HND in Agriculture or equivalent qualifications from recognized institution. Possession of Bachelors degree (Hons) will be advantage
• Two (2) years relevant experience in the soil fertility analysis

Key Competencies:
Knowledge of soils and plants, their functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment including impact on agricultural production
Proficiency in computer software applications and statistical packages
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Application procedures

Interested persons with the above requirements should submit handwritten applications together with detailed curriculum vitae JC.V) giving day time telephone contacts and names and addresses of 3 (three) referees as well as copies of professional certificates and Transcripts to the under signed not later than Friday 5th November 2010. Applicants should quote the reference Number of the post applied for on both application and on top left hand corner of the envelope.

Applications should be addressed to:

The Director of Research
Bulindi Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (BuZARDI)
P.O. Box 101 Hoima (u)
Email; Bulindizardi@yahoo.com

N.B only short listed candidates will be contacted.