Job Purpose

• To supervise and maintain all farmland are free from pesticide, herbicides etc.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Generic Duties

• Sets deadlines in ways that comply with department’s plans and communicate them to subordinates,
• Organizes workflow and ensure that employees understand their duties or delegated tasks,
• Monitors employee productivity and provide constructive feedback and coaching,

Main Duties

• Plans, organizes, coordinates, and executes all plant protection activities,
• Prepares annual plant protection work program and budget,
• Raises purchase requisition of all materials necessary for plant protection activates,
• Leads the team in conducting pest and disease assessments,
• Reviews and evaluates daily pest and disease assessments and pass decision on spray programs,
• Ensure all necessary spraying equipment likes sprayers, tractors, and water available,
• Control and approve pest control chemical preparation or mixing to the labels on the chemical containers or chemical mixing work instruction,
• Instructs and assignee spray teams in accordance to the assessment based spray decisions,
• Leads post spray assessments to prove spray effectiveness,
• Conducts regular training of pest assessors, spray teams and spray equipment teams,
• Avail protective device to sprayers, assessors, and spray equipment technicians,
• Performs other duties assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Qualification and Skills

• BSc or MSc in Agricultural engineering or Agronomy or Horticulture or Related fields of studies.

Experience

• 8 years for BSc
• 6 years for MSc

  Skill

• Leadership skills
• Problem solving skills
• Pest Control & Management skills