What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Summer Help position at Christensen Farms?
Like working with Animals? Looking for a fun and exciting summer job on a farm? Join the Christensen Farms team as part of our Summer help program!
Description:
This key position is responsible for the daily care, health, and maintenance of all animals at the designated work site. Each Herdsperson is a vital member of a team dedicated to competitive swine production in our Sow System environment.
The ideal candidate will have a desire to work with pigs, a willingness to learn and a high level of dependability. This position offers excellent training and the opportunity for advancement for high achieving employees.
Duties:
- Cleaning and Organization
- Supply rooms, fumigation rooms, office, break rooms, entryways, shower rooms, connecting hallways and sow washes
- Tractor sheds
- Grounds outside - pick up trash, check bait boxes
- Power Washing
- Feed drop tubes (breeding and gestation), hallways, isolation rooms, hot boxes, dead removal area
- Repair and Maintenance
- Repair feed tubes (breeding and gestation), replace and adjust feed tubes in farrowing, replace broken and missing farrowing crate dividers, painting (shower room floors, office, entry ways, exterior)
- Production Items
- Feed farrowing
- Help with weaning
- Process piglets/castration
- Pit scraping
- Address minor repairs on bio audits
Qualifications
- Candidate must be 16 years or older.
- Experience: Previous livestock handling helpful, but not required.
- Other: Ability to work in a fast paced environment. Display a high level of respect to the team members and animals. Demonstrate an impeccable reliability/dependability standard.