Job Details

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, including disability/Vets