Description
Job is located in Nacogdoches, Texas.
Hatchery Laborer
Job Duties/Physical Requirements/Dexterity:
Hatchery Laborersare required towash floats, transport hatcher trays, sanitize separator,and sanitizehatcher, set eggs, transfer eggs, and load chicks onto conveyor. Washing floats (buggy) isaccomplishedby removing hatcher trays from the float, over-turning the float to removedebrisand rinsing withhigh-pressurehose. The separator is sanitized using a foaming system with sodium hypochlorite and then rinsed with ahigh-pressurehose. Sanitizing the hatcher requires removing fans from the inside of the hatcher, sweeping the floor to remove excess debris, then foaming with sodium hypochlorite and rinsing with ahigh-pressurehose. Setting requires team members to place eggs into the incubators by lifting10-poundegg trays and placing them into stackedbuggies,the eggs are placed from floor level to shoulder level. When transferring eggs, buggies on casters loaded with eggs are pushed to the vaccination table, each individual tray is placed on the table, and then placed back onto thebuggy, whichis then rolled to the hatcher. The team member loads chicks onto the belt by removing chick trays from buggy and placing tray onto conveyor.
Continuous standing, walking, bending, and reaching
Some jobs require pinch grip, back extension/flexion, and/or shouldextension/flexion.
Hearing protection isrequiredin posted areas, slip resistant shoes arerequiredin all areas, steel toe shoes arerequiredduring set and transfer, and cotton gloves are optional to be used as needed by teammember.
Conditions are wet and humid duringsanitationprocess. The team members spend approximately 2 hours per shift in theincubators, whichare 99 degrees Fahrenheit and are exposed to dusty conditions when chicks are in production.
EOE, including disability/Vets
