1. Prepare and submit research proposals.2. Conduct funded research projects through design, development and fabrication of simple agricultural machineries and on farm research with the following:-“Improving the Efficiency of Mechanized Transplanter through Appropriate Seedling Establishment”-“Design, Modification and Development of a Multi-Purpose Weeder Retrofitted to a Grass Cutter”-“Development of a Spawn Inoculating Device for Oyster Mushroom Production”-“Development of an Automatic Irrigation System for Mushroom Production”-Assisted in the implementation of the project “Comparative Analysis on Mechanized and Conventional Transplanting”, “Commodity Diversification Modelling for Rice Based Farming System” and “Performance Evaluation of Emerging Farm Mechanization Technologies on Region 02”3. Conduct the training on technology demonstration on mechanized transplanter from seedling preparation to crop establishment.4. Prepare technical reports including visual presentations for in house reviews for funded researches.5. Validation of open source pump of river flooded areas for corn program.

1. Operates agricultural machineries and postharvest facilities: a. Walk-behind Rice Transplanter b. Riding Type Rice Transplanter c. Mechanical Seed Sowing Machine d. Recirculating Air Flow Bin Dryer e. Flat Bed Dryer2. Assist in the conducts of technology demonstration on using mechanical rice transplanters.3. Assist in the performance evaluation of mechanical dryers and mechanical rice transplanters.4. Prepares and submits research proposals.

“Postharvest Mechanization and Storage Support System for Peanut”.Science Research Assistant(Contractual)1. Design and Fabrication of Peanut Stripper, Peanut Sheller and on farm Level Bulk Storage for peanut2. Prepare purchase request and distribute quotation forms for fabrication materials and equipment’s3. Conduct daily activities of the project4. Periodic and daily monitoring and documentation of the project5. Data gathering from the project areas and from other agencies6. Encode, tabulate and analysis of data gathered