Hatchery Laborer

Description

Position at Pilgrim's

Hatchery – Embrex Laborer

Job Duties/Physical Requirements/Dexterity:

Hatchery Laborers are required to wash floats, transport hatcher trays, sanitize separator, and

sanitize hatcher, set eggs, transfer eggs, and load chicks onto conveyor. Washing floats (buggy) is

accomplished by removing hatcher trays from the float, over-turning the float to remove debris and

rinsing with high-pressure hose. The separator is sanitized using a foaming system with sodium

hypochlorite and then rinsed with a high-pressure hose. 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 a high-pressure hose. Setting requires team members to place

eggs into the incubators by lifting 10-pound egg trays and placing them into stacked buggies, 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 the buggy, which is then rolled to the hatcher. The team member loads chicks

onto the belt by removing chick trays from buggy and placing tray onto conveyor.

Physical Requirements:

Continuous standing, walking, bending, and reaching

Dexterity:

Some jobs require pinch grip, back extension/flexion, and/or should extension/flexion.

Equipment/Tools/PPE

Hearing protection is required in posted areas, slip resistant shoes are required in all areas, steel toe

shoes are required during set and transfer, and cotton gloves are optional to be used as needed by

team member.

On the job training:

1-2 weeks

Working Conditions:

Conditions are wet and humid during sanitation process. The team members spend approximately 2

hours per shift in the incubators, which are 99 degrees Fahrenheit and are exposed to dusty

conditions when chicks are in production.

EOE/Vet/Disabled

If Interested, Fill out an application at Pilgrims.com