Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -
Be a Citizen of Kenya;
Bachelor's degree in any of the following disciplines: - Agriculture, Horticulture, Agronomy, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Education and Extension, Agricultural Resource Management, Dryland Agriculture, Soil Environment and Land Use Management or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution; and
Certificate in computer application skills.
Duties and Responsibilities
Mobilizing farmers for irrigation scheme development;
Updating the irrigation water users' associations' inventory;
Collecting and compiling data for irrigation planning;
Identifying and compiling inventory on relevant stakeholders in irrigation scheme development and management;
Setting up demonstrations of on-farm irrigation technologies;
Preparing training materials;
Training of irrigation farmers, farmer organizations and irrigation water users' associations; and
Disseminating information on irrigation scheme management, supply and optimum use of water and management of irrigated enterprises at scheme level.