Animal Care Technician- Rosewood - Full Time

Pipestone • Pipestone, MN

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Animal Care Technician follows farm management directions and protocols to support production, efficiency, and profitability. The employee learns the skills needed for their designated work area, practices animal husbandry to reduce herd stress, and completes daily tasks and production records accurately and on time. The role includes communicating production and animal-health concerns, helping maintain biosecurity and safety standards, monitoring animal welfare and ventilation, and keeping facilities clean and maintained. Other duties and projects may be assigned by the area lead or farm management.

The position is based in a rural agricultural swine environment. Some areas have noise levels requiring hearing protection. Employees must be able to work weekends and have reliable transportation to work. The work requires standing and walking for 8 to 10 hours per day, frequent bending, reaching, squatting, kneeling, and grasping or pulling, as well as lifting and moving objects of varying weights, sometimes with another person's assistance.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• No experience required.
• Ability to work weekends.
• Reliable method of transportation to work.
• Ability to stand and walk and remain on feet for 8 to 10 hours per day.
• Ability to frequently bend, reach, squat, kneel, and grasp or pull with one or both hands or arms.
• Ability to frequently lift objects weighing 3 to 20 pounds.
• Ability to occasionally bend while pulling or lifting objects weighing up to 50 pounds or requiring up to 50 pounds of force to move.
• Ability to occasionally bend while pulling or lifting objects weighing up to 100 pounds, or requiring up to 100 pounds of force to move, with another person's assistance as needed.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to print or write legibly.

Nice To Haves

• At least one year of livestock experience with a high school diploma.

Responsibilities

• Learn and develop individual skills required for the assigned work area.
• Follow production protocols and procedures to support sow and gilt production and efficiency.
• Learn specialized skills needed to maintain smooth workflow and practice animal husbandry that reduces herd stress.
• Follow department task sheets and time frames to meet production targets and work schedules.
• Complete production paperwork accurately and on time, including daily recording of monitored production items.
• Communicate effectively with area employees and farm management, and provide the area lead with daily input on production and animal-health concerns.
• Work with area employees to improve production and efficiency in areas affected by the employee's work.
• Complete work-related injury paperwork with farm management and participate in accident investigations as necessary.
• Follow biosecurity protocols, report compliance concerns to the area lead, and help correct audit deficiencies promptly.
• Follow safety procedures, ensure safety equipment is in place and used as required, and apply accident-prevention measures.
• Monitor animal welfare procedures in the designated area.
• Monitor the area ventilation system and animal environment, and report concerns to the area lead.
• Complete assigned routine facility maintenance, communicate non-routine repair needs, and keep the gestation area clean and organized.
• Perform other duties and projects assigned by the area lead or farm management.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED