Patrick Makamani
Knaphill
Summary
Skilled agricultural manager with demonstrated operations, team and financial management abilities. Coordinate efficient activities at all levels to support business profits and maintain sustainable operations. Employee-focused and performance-oriented with good training and mentoring abilities.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Farm Manager
Greater Sisal Farm
04.2020 - 12.2023
- Disease investigation and control
- Ensuring biosecurity measures and milking procedures are followed
- Ensuring feeding is done on time and with the correct mixture quantities
- Management of milking duties for milkers
- Supervising all milking duties
- Ensure milking machine and equipment are cleaned after milking
- Record keeping
- Heat detection and selection of cows for breeding.
- Hired, trained and supervised seasonal workers engaged in milking and feeding.
- Worked closely with employees to improve practices, techniques and safety choices, optimizing performance, and minimizing waste.
- Maximized operational profits by closely inspecting cows, assessing quality, and identifying problems such as disease.
- Adjusted production strategies to account for changing factors such as market and weather conditions.
- Supervised equipment maintenance schedules, ensuring timely cleaning, repairs and minimizing downtime during milking.
- Implemented quality control measures to ensure that produce met industry standards consistently.
- Managed record-keeping systems to track farm performance data, aiding in informed decision-making processes.
- Implemented disease control measures to maximize milk production.
- Enhanced animal welfare with regular health checks, vaccinations, and proper nutrition.
Agriculture Assistant
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
02.2006 - 08.2019
- Assigning duties to workers
- Ensuring biosecurity measures are followed
- Monitoring and supervision of feeding
- Disease investigation and control
- Egg picking
- Record keeping
- Brooder management
- Cleaning of houses and disinfection.
- Completed hands-on crop production work for large-scale commercial cultivation operation.
- Helped keep facilities, equipment and tools operational with regular repairs and proactive maintenance.
- Controlled livestock herds by moving to pastures, scales and trucks for transfer to market, slaughterhouse, or alternate grazing.
- Branded or tagged livestock with name.
- Administered vaccinations to animals to prevent spread of disease.
- Cared for livestock by cleaning and disinfecting pens and facilities.
- Examined livestock animals for signs of illness and injury.
- Supported livestock management efforts by administering vaccinations under veterinarian supervision.
- Safeguarded farm''s reputation by adhering to all applicable regulations and maintaining high standards for health and safety practices.
Agriculture Facilitator
World Vision Zimbabwe
11.2016 - 03.2019
- Selection of farmers to participate in the program
- Design and monitor construction of poultry houses
- Training and facilitate trainings of poultry farmers
- Pre placement checks for day old chicks ensuring all heating is set and working
- Brooder management
- Disease control and investigation
- Ensure biosecurity measures are strictly followed
- Record keeping
- Report writing.
- Built rapport with diverse groups of stakeholders by demonstrating empathy, active listening skills, and cultural competence during facilitated sessions.
- Used diverse teaching materials and motivational approaches to reduce learning gaps and instruct students.
- Fostered an inclusive learning environment by addressing diverse needs and adapting facilitation techniques as needed.
- Delivered high-quality training sessions, ensuring participants developed a thorough understanding of the subject matter.
- Increased participant engagement by incorporating interactive activities and group discussions into sessions.
- Promoted continuous learning within the organization by sharing best practices and lessons learned from various facilitation experiences.
- Contributed to improved team performance by facilitating workshops on communication, collaboration, and problem-solving techniques.
- Maintained current knowledge of industry trends and best practices by attending professional development events, staying informed on new facilitation methods, and adapting them to the unique needs of clients.
- Facilitated dialogue between participants, family and program workers to provide best possible program and individualized program.
- Collected and analyzed participant feedback, consistently implementing suggestions for improvement in subsequent sessions.
Education
National Certificate in Agriculture -
Magamba Training Center
Diploma in Agriculture -
Gwebi College of Agriculture
Skills
- Good leadership skills
- Able to take on new challenging opportunities and quick to adapt to new a environment
- Livestock Nutrition
- Overseeing employees
- Food Safety Regulations
- Records Management
- Animal Record Maintenance
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Computer Skills
- Task Delegation
Projects
ENTERPRISE Project, Took part in the rollout of the above project in Zimbabwe. It was responsible for ensuring food security to faramers hence poultry production was a quick and easy projec for them. The greatest achievement was that brooder mortality was well managed to acceptable rates through trainings and effective monitoring., Achieved sloughter weight of average 2.7 kgs per bird.
Timeline
Assistant Farm Manager
Greater Sisal Farm
04.2020 - 12.2023
Agriculture Facilitator
World Vision Zimbabwe
11.2016 - 03.2019
Agriculture Assistant
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
02.2006 - 08.2019
National Certificate in Agriculture -
Magamba Training Center
Diploma in Agriculture -
Gwebi College of Agriculture
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