Description
Essential Responsibilities:
- Basic boar stud care and handling (feeding/watering/moving/ventilation)
- Operating machinery and equipment
- Assisting with board semen collection process
- Handling and using boar stud production chemicals
- Prepare containers of semen for freezing and storage or shipment, placing them in dry ice or liquid nitrogen
- Package and label semen to be used for artificial insemination, recording information such as the date, source, quality, and concentration
- Understand basic manual and automated semen extraction techniques
- Administering vaccinations and medicating animals
- Cleaning and disinfection of facilities, including removal of mortality and waste
- Works closely with other team members
- Fills out treatment cards
- Brand, tattoo, or tag animals for animal identification
- Attend safety meetings
- Adhere to Animal Welfare policies
- Power washing
- Maintenance needs reported to management
- Production/facility housekeeping duties
- Various other tasks, as assigned
Required Qualifications:
- Be a team-oriented, self-motivated, and positive attitude, with a strong work ethic
- Ability to efficiently multi-task in a fast-paced environment
- Experience with or ability to learn farm technology (hand held devices/wand sows and other equipment, as necessary)
- Ability to work weekends, as scheduled
- Ability to continually bend, push, grasp, and pull up to 60 lbs
- Continual walking and/or standing, up to 95% of the day
- Reliable method of transportation required
- Ability to work early 1stshift hours or late 2ndshift hours
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with Bio-Security and swine production
Pay Rate: $20.65
EOE, Including disability/Vets