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Head of Plant Protection and Agronomy

Kerchanshe Trading PLC

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Natural Science

Agricultural Science

Debeka ,Gelana

6 years - 8 years

2 Positions

2025-01-30

to

2025-02-06

Required Skills

protect plants during pest control

plant disease control

create crop protection plans

prepare planting area

Fields of study

Agricultural Engineering

Horticulture Science

Agronomy and Crop Science

Full Time

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Job Description

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.

Job Requirements

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

How to Apply

Applicants who fulfill the above-mentioned criteria could submit detailed curriculum vitae along with supporting documents/credentials accompanied by cover letter addressing hr@kerchanshe.com  with the subject line of “ Head of Plant Protection and Agronomy ” from January 30,2025 up to February 5,2025.

Fields Of Study

Agricultural Engineering

Horticulture Science

Agronomy and Crop Science

Skills Required

protect plants during pest control

plant disease control

create crop protection plans

prepare planting area

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