Job Description
DUTIES:
- Receive planting, crossing, harvesting, and seed processing instructions for parental lines of hybrids from scientists and ensure implementation of planned activities in different locations.
- Coordinate all field operations, including seed preparation, planting, thinning, shoot covering, and pollination in crossing blocks and multiplication fields of inbred lines at Ibadan under rain-fed and irrigated conditions.
- Ensure storage of seeds of parental lines of hybrids in an orderly manner to facilitate retrieval system.
- Make requests for required field tags as well as pollination and glassine bags for various crossing blocks at Ibadan.
- Review availability of maize inbred lines for trials.
- Coordinate and plan isolation of breeder seed production fields.
- Coordinate labor allocation for thinning, shoot covering, pollination, harvesting, threshing, and seed preparation throughout the year.
- Participate in screening of maize inbred lines, varieties and hybrids for carotenoid concentration and content.
- Perform any other job-related task as may be assigned by the supervisor.
QUALIFICATION:
- BSc/HND in Agriculture, Crop Science, with a minimum of four (4) years’ experience performing similar role in a well-structured environment.
COMPETENCIES:
The ideal candidate must:
- Have good communication skill (writing, reading and speaking)
- Have ability to work with little or no supervision.