Cobb- Poultry Selection Trainer

Cobb-Vantress•Spavinaw, OK

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Poultry Selection Trainer trains team members in selecting pedigree birds at a designated age based on conformation, physical attributes, and other heritable traits. The role also assists with monitoring and coordinating Selection crew activities. The position selects approximately 1,500–2,500 pedigree birds daily and trains team members in recording bird information, monitoring handling and welfare, and tracking selection numbers. Other duties may be assigned or changed at any time.

Requirements

No disciplinary actions within the last 6 months.
Attendance point level of 6 or fewer.
At least 6 months in the current area, unless promoting; promotion allows less than 6 months in the current area.
Willingness to sign an agreement to avoid contact with avian species, including chickens, ducks, and birds.
Willingness to sign and follow the Company Biosecurity and Company Animal Welfare Guidelines.
Ability and willingness to perform the physical requirements of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Use safe lifting techniques; regularly lift or move items weighing up to 50 pounds with another team member, and occasionally lift or move stacks of bird coops.
Ability to stand for most of the shift, walk, sit, use hands to handle objects and controls, reach, balance, repeatedly stoop or bend, talk, hear, and drive a vehicle within the farm complex.
Vision abilities including close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Follow safety policies and procedures, including Hazard Communication, Respiratory Protection, LOTO, and Personal Protective Equipment requirements.

Responsibilities

Select approximately 1,500–2,500 pedigree birds daily at the designated age based on conformation, physical attributes, and other heritable traits.
Train team members to record genealogy, bird weight, mortality, defects, and disposition on a touch screen tablet, and to manually record bird weight, birds kept, number selected, and birds sent to dissect.
Train team members to monitor bird handling, transfer, welfare, coop identification, and selection numbers and percentages by line and sex.
Wash and sanitize coops daily using a commercial pressure washer; maintain clean foot pans in the assigned boot room; and sanitize the break room and selection equipment weekly.
Assist with identifying gender, catching birds, scanning wing band numbers, and auditing market birds for wing bands.
Assist with selection setup, including loading empty coops, placing catch frames and coops, hanging lights, setting up scales and scanners, making coop labels, and running cords.
Euthanize weak, ill, and injured birds in accordance with company policy.
Follow applicable safety policies and procedures and identify, address, and mitigate safety-related risks.