Job Description
This position is to support the hatchery management team in all aspects of hatchery management including, but not exclusively, Egg Handling, Incubation, Chick and Egg Despatch. The Assistant Hatchery Manger assists in the overall running of the factory unit and takes an active role in people management, equipment i.e. incubators, transport and customer liaison. On call cover will also be required at night and week ends on a rota basis living accommodation is provided on site.
What will you be doing?
1. Produces Day Olds:
* Organises supplies of eggs to hatchery to suit production
* Organises setters and hatchers to match
* Records clears and hatchability of eggs and farm supplying eggs
* Ensures all welfare requirements are maintained and reported
* Organises sexers to process hatched chicks
* Organises the transport of day olds to farms and customers
* Ensures chicks are sexed at correct speed and accuracy prior to despatch
* Ensure that correct vaccinations and treatments are given prior to despatch
2. Boxing of Eggs:
* Organise supplies of eggs to hatchery to suit productions
* Organise team for packing of eggs
* When required, organise transport for egg export
* When required, organise paperwork and certificates required for egg export
3. Transfer of eggs:
4. Organise/supervise team for transfer of eggs from s...