JOB DESCRIPTION ANALYSIS FOR AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORKERS IN IRAQ

The research aims to analyze the job description of workers in Agricultural Extension in Iraq by identifying the reality of the job description. The research populations included all Iraqi provinces, a total of 15, except the three governorates of the Kurdistan Region. A random sample was selected at a rate of 53.3% and a rate of 8 provinces. In contrast, a proportional stratified random sample was used to select the workers in Agricultural Extension in the Directorates of Agriculture and Agricultural Training Extension Centers in the provinces of Iraq, numbering (330) and (456) respondents respectively, at a rate of (33%), with (110) and (150) respondents respectively, distributed over the provinces of Iraq. Accordingly, the size of the sample subject to the study is 260 respondents. A questionnaire was prepared to collect data from the workers in Agricultural Extension, consisting of (72) items distributed over (7) axes, including psychological qualifications (10) items, social qualifications (7) items, scientific qualifications (10) items, and physiological qualifications (7) items, while the tasks and duties axis included (17) items, and the axes of the conditions of the extension work and powers and responsibilities (12) items and (9) items respectively, the results of the study concluded that the axis of psychological qualifications came in first place in terms of its importance with the agreement of the respondents, with an arithmetic mean of (4.51) degrees and a standard deviation of (0.50) degrees, while the axis of authorities and responsibilities came in last place in terms of its importance with the agreement of the respondents with an arithmetic mean of (4.31) degrees and a standard deviation of (0.55) degrees, based on results the research recommend that the nature of agricultural extension work should be evaluated and tasks should be redistributed to suit the qualifications of the workers.