Assistant Farmer

4 days ago

Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Trending Talent Solutions Full time

Role Purpose: To assist in the monitoring of the day-to-day activities at the farm.

The incumbent will also take full responsibility of the site when the Farm Manager is not on site.

Required Qualifications

  1. Minimum Grade 12
  2. Tertiary qualification in Agriculture will be an added advantage

Required Experience

  1. 3 years' experience in the Poultry environment with 1 year experience / exposure in a supervisory capacity
  2. Physically fit with no allergies to bird feathers and dust

Required Knowledge and Skills

  1. Knowledge: Understand basic poultry nutrition, growth, anatomy and reproduction; Farm operations and processes; Ability to recognize ventilation, brooding, feeding and water requirements of the birds and make the correct adjustments; Operation of farm equipment.
  2. Skills: Good understanding and knowledge of good animal husbandry practices; Verbal and written communication; Interpersonal; Numeracy; Problem Solving; Must be able to make decisions; Stockmanship.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. House Preparation prior to placement in order to create ideal conditions for bird production.
  2. Chick Placement – co-ordinate and monitor staff, liaise with the hatchery, chick placing foremen.
  3. Post placement of chicks (Brooding conditions) – Evaluation of chick quality, recording of vent temperatures, temperature setting.
  4. Growing conditions – Daily monitoring of the bird performance which entails feed intake, water recordings, temp and humidity recordings, mortality recordings.
  5. Ventilation management – Adjust ventilation static pressure to achieve minimum and maximum bird requirement.
  6. Water Management - Water sampling prior to placement, flushing of the water lines three times a week, sanitation of house water reticulation, daily water pressure setting and nipple heights.
  7. Feed management – Receiving and recording of feed deliveries relative to feed programme; daily bin stock counts; management of feed heights; adjustment of feeder levels according to bird's size; monitoring of feed quality (% of fine feed); sampling of feed when the truck arrives.
  8. Outsource activities – Preparation of the house environment prior to catching commencing; all documentation relative to catching need to check accuracy with the broiler planner; good communication and planning with the catching team and logistics to minimize any holding time.
  9. Biosecurity and Farm sanitation – Maintaining an effective biosecurity programme by practicing good hygiene, vaccination and disease prevention.
  10. Bird Health – Daily monitoring and activity of birds, and sending of postmortems to the laboratory as per VCD.
  11. Record Keeping – Keep the documentation files updated that is KFC, health and safety files; feed recording; house chart records; rodent control, mortality records.
  12. Staff management – Keep and update daily registers, mdwt's, disciplinary records, training records, review meetings.
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