Animal Care Tech - Dry Lake
About The Position
This role involves learning and developing skills in animal husbandry within an agricultural swine environment. The Animal Care Tech will follow production protocols, daily task sheets, and procedures to maximize sow and gilt production and efficiencies. Key responsibilities include maintaining animal welfare, ensuring a safe working environment, adhering to biosecurity protocols, monitoring ventilation systems, and performing facility maintenance. The position requires effective communication with team members and management, accurate and timely completion of paperwork, and an understanding of how individual performance impacts the organization's finances.
Requirements
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Must be able to print and/or write legibly.
- Must be able to work weekends.
- Must have reliable method of transportation to get to work.
Nice To Haves
- High School Diploma or GED Preferred
- 1+ Years Livestock Experience with High School Diploma Preferred
Responsibilities
- Learn and develop individual skills based on work requirements in the employee's designated work area.
- Follow all production protocols and procedures to maximize sow and gilt production & efficiencies.
- Learn specialized skills necessary for smooth work flow.
- Become a skilled employee in animal husbandry to reduce stress of herd and maximize production.
- Follow daily task sheets in the department to achieve production targets.
- Complete production paperwork accurately and timely.
- Communicate effectively with area employees and farm management.
- Follow task sheets and time frames to stay on task and meet time schedules during the workday.
- Give daily input to lead person in area on production and animal health concerns.
- Learn how individual performance affects the finances of the organization and participate with area employees to maximize production and efficiency in areas the employees affect.
- Complete production paperwork accurately and on time.
- Work with farm management to ensure completion of all work-related injury paperwork and participate as necessary in accident investigation.
- Daily recording of monitored production items.
- Adhere to all bio-security protocols and give input to lead person in area for items out of compliance.
- Work with other team employees in designated area to ensure bio-security audit deficiencies are corrected and brought into compliance in a timely basis.
- Follow all safety procedures and guidelines.
- Make sure all safety equipment is in place and utilize equipment as required.
- Learn and utilize accident prevention measures for designated area.
- Consistently monitor animal welfare procedures in designated area.
- Be aware of area ventilation system and if it is in good working order.
- Regularly monitor the environment and provide input to lead person in area to achieve optimum comfort for the animals.
- The facility must be maintained and well kept.
- Complete routine maintenance as assigned on a daily basis.
- Communicate non-routine repairs to lead in area.
- Keep gestation area clean and organized.
- Other duties and projects as assigned by lead person in area and farm management.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
