Chief Weights and Measures Officer

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Served in the grade of Senior Weights and Measures Officer for a minimum period of three (3) years;
• Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Law or Legal Metrology, Information Communication Technology, Instrumentation or an engineering degree in Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics, Microprocessors or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution; OR Diploma in any of the following disciplines: - Law, Instrumentation, Computer Science, Information Communication Technology (ICT), Metrology, Engineering (Mechanical /Electrical / Electronics) or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Advanced certificate of the Institute of Trades Standards Administration (Kenya);
• Be a member of the institute of Traders Standards Administration (Kenya);
• Certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution; and
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance.

Duties and responsibilities

• Testing and stamping of mechanical and electronic weighing and measuring equipment, and class II mechanical and electronic scales used for pharmaceutical dispensing and jewelry trade;
• Sampling pre-packaged goods for quantitative analysis;
• Testing of meters for water, milk other liquid foods and liquefied gas;
• Supervising and coordinating verification activities at stamping stations, testing automatic weight machines, bulk weighers and totalizing machines, bulk meters at oil depots;
• Carrying our verification of weighing and measuring equipment used by local authorities and other government institutions to ensure accuracy;
• Analysis data collected on verified equipment at trader’s premises, stamping stations and verification office; and
• Carrying out inspection on internal controls by the manufacturers and measuring systems, including software for data processing of measuring results.

Other duties will include:

• Attending and giving evidence in court during the prosecution of offences arising from infringement of the Weight Measures Act [Cap. 513], the Trade Descriptions Act [Cap. 505] and regulations made thereunder;
• Carrying out bi-annual comparison of working standards with Secondary Reference Standards;
• Developing sampling schemes for checking pre-packages, and carrying out research in specific areas of legal metrology and consumer protection;
• Carrying out inspection on wholesale and retail trading premises on the use of weighing and measuring equipment;
• Preparing publicity materials for trade fairs and exhibitions;
• Calibrating prover tanks and maintaining Secondary Reference Standards;
• Collecting and accounting for Appropriation-in-Aid (A.I.A); and
• Delivering lectures at traders’ courses requisitioning workshop tools and verification materials.