Baler III

ABOUT THE COMPANY Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) is a State Corporation in the ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Corporatives established by the Agriculture and Food Authority Act No 13 of 2013 to operationalize the Crops Act No 16 of 2013. The Act consolidates the laws on regulation and promotion of agriculture and makes provision for the respective roles of national and county governments according to the provisions of the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of Kenya. The role of the Authority is to Regulate, Develop and Promote Scheduled Crops value chains for increased economic growth in Kenya.

AFA is a product of Agriculture Sector Reforms which commenced in 2003 with the formulation of the Economic Recovery Strategy for Wealth and Employment Creation (ERS) and the Strategy for the Revitalization of Agriculture (SRA).The reforms focused on improving efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery through the review of the legal and regulatory framework in the agriculture Sector. JOB SUMMARY Person SpecificationFor appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) mean grade D (Plain) or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution; andGovernment Trade Test Certificate Grade III or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution in electrical or mechanical. RESPONSIBILITIES Maintaining cleanliness in the machine room;Undertaking minor repairs and maintenance works;Undertaking routine checks in line with their area of specialization;Sample sisal bales for quality analysis;Maintaining records of repair and maintenance of machinesMaintaining updated record of all samples received and analyzed; REQUIRED SKILLS Machine operation, Quality management, Engineering, Troubleshooting REQUIRED EDUCATION Vocational school