This position is responsible for pick up, delivery, inspection, and sanitation of eggs to ascertain quality and fitness for incubation, inventory and storage of eggs under controlled conditions, and sanitation of equipment and facilities.
Responsibilities
Pick up eggs from houses in laying, traps, and cages sections and deliver to hatchery
Operate egg sanitizer by placing and removing eggs on a conveyor belt
Grade eggs by observing shell color, quality, and texture to identify substandard eggs
Place hatching eggs in buggies as identified by line, flock# and/or hen#
This position is responsible for inspecting eggs to ascertain quality and fitness for incubation, processing chicks, and cleaning/sanitizing hatchery and equipment by performing all essential duties.
Compensation
Starting Pay: $18.45 per hour plus additional shift differential for evenings, nights and weekends.
Responsibilities
Prepares eggs for incubation by grading eggs while traying to observe for defects such as shell color, texture, cracks, etc.
Transferring pedigree eggs without mixing hen numbers, placing substandard eggs (broken, dirty, etc.) in container for disposal
Processing day old chicks by counting, vaccinating, wing banding, delivering chicks within the complex, and entering data using a touch screen tablet
Maintains a sanitary environment by operating tray washer, operating high pressure sprayer and/or water hose to clean and sanitize setters, hatchers, egg rooms, chick processing area, and hatchery vehicles
Performing the collection of weekly hatchery monitoring samples including air plates and swabs