The Contract Field Assistant is mainly deployed on (a) handling of live, debilitated or dead poultry/birds; (b) performing duties of patrol operations at rural area; (c) assisting in samples collection (such as blood samples, cloacal samples, environmental samples, eggs samples, animal carcasses and livestock samples) for the purpose of disease control; (d) performing duties such as collecting information and taking photos regarding relevant crimes, assisting the duty officer in performing enforcement activities based on initial investigation and processing prosecution cases in respect of offences under the relevant ordinances; (e) assisting the case officer for record keeping after investigation as well as providing data input to database in the local server and summarizing of all inspection records on daily basis; (f) assisting in recording expenditures, in accordance with Government regulations; (g) educating farm licensees to ensure farm biosecurity measures being fully implemented; and (h) assisting in proper storage, use and disposal of necessary stores, drugs and equipment in accordance with Government regulations.

Candidates should have (a) (i) Level 2 or equivalent (Note 1) or above in five subjects in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSEE) (Note 2), or equivalent; or (ii) Level 2 (Note 3) / Grade E or above in five subjects in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) (Note 2), or equivalent; (b) met the language proficiency requirements of Level 2 (Note 3) or above in Chinese Language and English Language in HKDSEE or HKCEE, or equivalent; and (c) have at least two year’s relevant post-qualification working experience. Note : (1) “Attained with Distinction” in Applied Learning subjects (subject to a maximum of two Applied Learning subjects), and Grade C in Other Language subjects in the HKDSEE are accepted as equivalent to Level 3 in the New Senior Secondary subjects in the HKDSEE. “Attained” in Applied Learning subjects (subject to a maximum of two Applied Learning subjects), and Grade E in Other Language subjects in the HKDSEE are accepted as equivalent to Level 2 in the New Senior Secondary subjects in the HKDSEE. (2) The subjects may include Chinese Language and English Language. (3) ‘Grade C’ and ‘Grade E’ in Chinese Language and English Language (Syllabus B) in the HKCEE before 2007 are accepted administratively as comparable to ‘Level 3’ and ‘Level 2’ respectively in Chinese Language and English Language in the 2007 HKCEE and henceforth.