Herdsman

General Purpose

Assist with the daily care, feeding, processing, and barn upkeep of swine at unit to ensure welfare and wellbeing of the animals.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Follow all production protocols and procedures to maximize swine production andefficiencies.
• Learn specialized skills necessary for smoothwork flow.
• Become a skilled employee in animal husbandry to reduce stress of herd and maximize production.
• Follow daily task assignments in the department to achieve production targets.
• Complete production paperwork accurately andtimely.
• Communicate effectively with area employees and farm management.
• Follow assignments andtime framesto stay on task and meettime scheduled during a workday.
• Give daily input to leadpersoninareaon production and animal health concerns.
• Complete production paperwork accurately and on time.
• Work with farm management to ensure completion of allwork relatedinjury paperwork andparticipateas necessary in accident investigation.
• Daily recording ofmonitoredproduction items.
• Adhere to all bio-security protocols and give input to lead person in area for items out of compliance.
• Work with other team members indesignatearea to ensure bio-security audit deficiencies are corrected and brought into complianceina timely basis.
• Follow all safety procedures and guidelines.
• Make sure all safety equipment is in place andutilizeequipment asrequired.
• Learn andutilizeaccident prevention measures for designatedarea.
• Consistentlymonitoranimal welfare procedures in designatedarea.
• Be Aware of area ventilation system and if it is in good working order.
• Regularlymonitorthe environment and provide input to leadpersoninareato achieveoptimumcomfort for the animals.
• The facility must bemaintainedand well-kept.
• Complete routine maintenance as assigned on a daily basis.
• Communicate non-routine repairs to lead inarea.
• Other duties and projects as assigned by lead person and management.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED preferred.
• Ability to do hard physical labor.
• Strong commitment toteam work.
• Ability to follow instructions and deal with standardized situations.
• Musthave good attendance andbe able toworkweekends.

Physical Requirements:

Standing, walking and ability to be on feet 8 to 10 hours per day. Frequent bending, reaching, squatting, and kneeling. Frequent use of one or both hands/arms to grasp or pull. Occasional bending while pulling and/or lifting objects weighing up to 50 pounds or requiring 50 pounds of force to move. Occasional bending while pulling and/or lifting objects weighing up to 100 pounds or requiring up to 100 pounds of force to move with assistance of another person as needed.

Dress and Personal Protective Equipment:

Must wear appropriate clothing for all operations to protect against injury.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts, and is occasionally exposed to humid conditions, ambient air, hot and cold temperature, fumes or airborne particles, traffic, and chemicals.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, but occasionally high.