Travis Trant (International Office of the Agriculture Program at Texas A&M
University) is searching for someone with an extension/training background
who also has fishery postharvest handling expertise to provide a "training
of trainers" (TOT) program to Indonesian faculty.
The project director, Corey Rosenbusch, is directing a project in
Indonesia that focuses on development of a cold chain transportation
network for islands in eastern Indonesia. One of the activities
sub-contracted to Texas A&M University is to build the capacity (Training
of Trainers) of Indonesian university faculty to provide postharvest
handling training of fishery products to farmers, fisherman, collectors,
distributors, and private sector in their community.
The goal is to provide Indonesian faculty with "turn-key" training modules
that they can modify to their community's needs. The biggest challenge is
pedagogical issues with their education paradigm. Lecturing is so
ingrained in their teaching methodology that they are not adequately
prepared to deliver training to the private sector. The private sector
also recognizes this incompetence. They really need ideas for hands on
practical activities that they can use when training the folks in their
respective communities. Most of their audience will be fishermen,
collectors, handlers, distributors, retailers, etc. of which many are
illiterate or have only completed basic education.
The date is April or early May. Four days of providing TOT training plus
3 travel days is involved. U.S. citizenship is required.
An expanded description of the job (including compensation terms) is on
the Seafood Network Information Center web site at:
http://seafood.ucdavis.edu/employment/tamu.pdf
Any interesting persons should contact Travis Trant (see below) or
Corey Rosenbusch (e-mail: coreyr@tamu.edu)
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Travis W. Trant, M.S.
International Office of The Agriculture Program
The Texas A&M University System
Williams Administration Bldg., Suite 12
TAMU 2477
College Station, TX 77843-2477
Phone: 979.862.1950
Fax: 979.845.5663
E-mail: twtrant@ag.tamu.edu
http://intlag.tamu.edu
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