About the role:
To execute field inspections, seed certification, tracking seed quality, and ensuring compliance with seed quality standards and regulatory requirements throughout the seed production cycle.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Organizing planting returns from Out grower supervisor to be submitted to MAAIF
- Field inspection: Conduct inspections of the out-grower fields and commercial seed farms in accordance with quality assurance standards and protocols.
- Collect data on field performance, maintain records of results obtained during the inspections to ensure traceability of the final results
- Field certification; Certify crops in the field in according to internal and external seed field standards.
- Seed sampling: Collect and prepare samples for testing, grow out planting, and evaluation during pre-harvest or harvest inspections
- Reporting:Collect data on field performance, maintain records of results obtained during the inspections to ensure traceability of the final results.
- Train the out-grower farmers on best agronomic practices.
- Identify and report quality problems in processes to the Quality System.
- Manage relations with Ministry of Agriculture inspectors.
Minimum Qualification and Experience
Education: Bachelor Science in Agriculture /crop science, seed technology or related field
Professional Experience: Must have at least a minimum of 2 years in Seed Inspection and Analysis in the field
Competence: Must have a vast knowledge of seed certification regulations, seed law enforcement standards, familiarity with diseases, and weeds found in crops. Quick at decision making, Ability to ride a motorcycle, Communication skills, A high level of accuracy is required, with special attention to details, Interpersonal skills, Ability to read and comprehend labels and instructions. Must be a dependable and reliable and follow instructions independently, with little or no supervision.
- Organizing planting returns from Out grower supervisor to be submitted to MAAIF
- Field inspection: Conduct inspections of the out-grower fields and commercial seed farms in accordance with quality assurance standards and protocols.
- Collect data on field performance, maintain records of results obtained during the inspections to ensure traceability of the final results
- Field certification; Certify crops in the field in according to internal and external seed field standards.
- Seed sampling: Collect and prepare samples for testing, grow out planting, and evaluation during pre-harvest or harvest inspections
- Reporting:Collect data on field performance, maintain records of results obtained during the inspections to ensure traceability of the final results.
- Train the out-grower farmers on best agronomic practices.
- Identify and report quality problems in processes to the Quality System.
- Manage relations with Ministry of Agriculture inspectors.
- Vast knowledge of seed certification regulations
- Seed law enforcement standards
- Familiarity with diseases and weeds found in crops
- Quick decision making
- Ability to ride a motorcycle
- Communication skills
- High level of accuracy with attention to details
- Interpersonal skills
- Ability to read and comprehend labels and instructions
- Dependable and reliable
- Ability to follow instructions independently with little or no supervision
- Bachelor Science in Agriculture /crop science, seed technology or related field
- Minimum of 2 years in Seed Inspection and Analysis in the field
Vacancy title:
Seed Quality Controller
Jobs at:
Naseco Seeds
Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, October 20 2026
Duty Station:
Nalweyo Kakumiro District | Uganda
Summary
Date Posted: Monday, October 12 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
About the role:
To execute field inspections, seed certification, tracking seed quality, and ensuring compliance with seed quality standards and regulatory requirements throughout the seed production cycle.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Organizing planting returns from Out grower supervisor to be submitted to MAAIF
- Field inspection: Conduct inspections of the out-grower fields and commercial seed farms in accordance with quality assurance standards and protocols.
- Collect data on field performance, maintain records of results obtained during the inspections to ensure traceability of the final results
- Field certification; Certify crops in the field in according to internal and external seed field standards.
- Seed sampling: Collect and prepare samples for testing, grow out planting, and evaluation during pre-harvest or harvest inspections
- Reporting:Collect data on field performance, maintain records of results obtained during the inspections to ensure traceability of the final results.
- Train the out-grower farmers on best agronomic practices.
- Identify and report quality problems in processes to the Quality System.
- Manage relations with Ministry of Agriculture inspectors.
Minimum Qualification and Experience
Education: Bachelor Science in Agriculture /crop science, seed technology or related field
Professional Experience: Must have at least a minimum of 2 years in Seed Inspection and Analysis in the field
Competence: Must have a vast knowledge of seed certification regulations, seed law enforcement standards, familiarity with diseases, and weeds found in crops. Quick at decision making, Ability to ride a motorcycle, Communication skills, A high level of accuracy is required, with special attention to details, Interpersonal skills, Ability to read and comprehend labels and instructions. Must be a dependable and reliable and follow instructions independently, with little or no supervision.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 12
Level of Education: bachelor degree
Job application procedure
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