CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Women in the Driving Seat
Training women in tractor Operation, Maintenance and Management
Background
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), through the Agricultural Engineering Services Directorate (AESD) and in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, is organising five (5) weeks training course for prospective female tractor operators, female farm managers, female tractor owners and female farmers at the Agricultural Mechanisation Training Centre at Wenchi Farm Institute. The training is expected to start from 6th April-10th May, 2019.
The training forms part of the African Union Development Agency’s (AUDA-NEPAD) Agricultural Technical Vocational Education and Training for Women (ATVET Women) project. GIZ supports the implementation of ATVET for Women in Ghana and 11 other partner countries to strengthen the African Union’s Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP).
Training overview
The ‘Women in the Driving Seat’ training programme seeks to develop women’s skills in managing agricultural machinery and equipment for enhanced agricultural productivity in Ghana. The overall objective is to increase women’s employability and earning potential, particularly in the field of mechanised agriculture
The course targets prospective female agricultural machinery operators and female farmers. Trainees will acquire the requisite knowledge and practical skills to operate, manage and maintain tractors and related equipment. The training centres with support from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Government of Ghana and GIZ, have been stocked with a range of agricultural machinery as training materials.
Trainees will be required to undergo a three-month industrial internship with various commercial farms and other industry players specifically in the field of agricultural mechanisation to enable them have enough practical field experience.
Training shall include the following:
UNIT NUMBER UNIT TITLE
1.0. Introduction to farm tractors, the operating systems and the components
2.0. Environmental health and safety management in tractor operations
3.0. Understanding tractor controls, instruments and driving
4.0. Agricultural machineries and tractor operations
5.0. Maintenance and storage of farm tractors and implements
6.0. Tractor operation business and management
Selection Criteria
• Women between the ages of 18 – 40 years
• Access to tractor
• Basic literacy and numeracy skills
Interested prospective female tractor operators and farmers are requested to apply by writing through the Regional and District/Municipal Agric. Departments to The Director, Agricultural Engineering Services Directorate, MoFA, Accra or to submit their details to the Headmaster, Wenchi Farm Institute in the Bono East Region.
Successful applicants will be required to report to the training centre on Saturday 6th April, 2019 at Wenchi Farm Institute.
Deadline for submission of application is 20th March, 2019.
FOR ENQUIRIES, you may contact EUGENE M. ABIO (AESD) on 0208953510 or eugeneabio@hotmail.com and MICHAEL BOATENG (GIZ CAADP ATVET Women Project) on 0244830565.
CHIEF DIRECTOR
MOFA
