Cobb- Poultry Selection Trainer

Tyson Foods, Inc.•Spavinaw, OK

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This position engages in the training of the process of selection of birds at a designated age based on conformation, physical attributes, and other heritable traits. This position also assists in the process of monitoring and coordinating the activities of Selection crew team members. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Must have no disciplinary actions within the last 6 months.
Must be willing to sign an agreement to avoid any avian species (chickens, ducks, birds, etc.).
Must be willing to sign and abide by the Company Biosecurity and Company Animal Welfare Guidelines.
Must use safe lifting techniques.
Must regularly lift and/or move, using two team members, up to 50 pounds to move items such as bird coops; tools, such as angle iron dolly; may be required to occasionally lift and/or move stacks of bird coops.
Regularly required to stand the majority of the shift on multiple floor surfaces (concrete floor, shavings, etc.).
Regularly required to walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls.
Regularly required to reach with hands and arms.
Regularly required to balance, stoop/bend repeatedly.
Regularly required to talk and hear.
Must be able to drive a vehicle within the farm complex.
Specific vision abilities required by the job include: close vision; distance vision; color vision; peripheral vision; depth perception; and the ability to adjust focus.
Required to work on wet, slippery surfaces and also in hot, dry, dusty, wet and cold environments.
Safety goggles and/or glasses, face shield, chemical gloves, waterproof apron, and rubber boots are required.
Ear plugs will be used as needed.
Follow all applicable safety policies and procedures. These include but are not limited to Hazard Communication, Respiratory Protection, LOTO and Personal Protective Equipment.
Identify, address and mitigate safety related risks.

Responsibilities

Engages in the selection of approximately 1500-2500 pedigree birds daily at designated age based on conformation, physical attributes, and other heritable traits.
Trains on recording information on a touch screen tablet such as genealogy, bird weight, mortality, defects and disposition; trains on manually recording information such as bird weight, bird kept, number of birds selected, and bird sent to dissect.
Trains on monitoring bird handling, bird transfer, bird welfare, and properly identifying the coop birds are assigned to; trains on monitoring selection numbers and percentages by line and sex.
Washes/sanitizes coops daily via commercial pressure washer on wet/slick floors, maintains clean foot pans in assigned boot room, weekly sanitation of break room and all equipment used during selection process.
Assists with identifying gender, catching, scanning wing band number, and audit market birds for wing bands; assists in set-up for selection by loading empty coops into house, placing catch frames in pens for easier bird access, hanging lights for better visual, set-up of scales and scanner, making coop labels, placing coops in pens and running needed cords; properly euthanizes weak, ill and injured birds in accordance with company policy.