Poultry Farm Worker

Work site environment

• Chicken farming
• Poultry and egg production

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Feed inventory
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
• Perform general farm duties
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Maintain work records and logs
• Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
• Develop work schedules and establish procedures
• Provide agricultural livestock services such as artificial insemination, spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
• Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed