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Role Purpose:

• To assist the Farmer/Site Supervisor in managing the operations, resources and manpower of the site (Nooitgedacht) thereby ensuring the optimal number of the right quality birds at the right time and at the lowest cost.  To take full responsibility when the Farmer /Site Supervisor is not on site.

 Required Qualifications:

• Minimum Grade 12; Tertiary qualification will be an advantage.
• Physically fit with no allergies to bird feathers and dust.
• Driving License will be an advantage.

Required Experience:

• 3 years’ experience in the Poultry environment with an experience/exposure in a Laying/Rearing supervisory capacity .

Key Responsibilities:

​House Preparation

• Prior to placement in order to create ideal conditions for bird production.

Chick Placement

• Co –ordinate and monitor staff, liaises with the hatchery, chick placing foremen.

Post placement of chicks (Brooding conditions)

• Evaluation of chick quality, recording of vent temperatures and temperature settings.

Growing conditions

• Daily monitoring of the bird performance which entails feed intake, water recordings, temp and humidity recordings and mortality recordings.

Ventilation management

• Adjust ventilation static pressure to achieve minimum and maximum bird requirement.

Water management

• Water sampling prior to placement, flushing of the water lines three times in a week, sanitation of house water reticulation, daily water pressure setting and nipple heights.

Feed management

•  Receiving and Recording of feed deliveries relative to feed programme; daily bin stock counts; management of feed heights; adjustment of feeder levels according to bird’s size; monitoring of feed quality (% of fine feed); sampling of feed when the truck arrives.

Outsource activities

• Preparation of the house environment prior to catching commencing; all documentation relative to catching need to check accuracy with the broiler planner; good communication and planning with the catching team and logistics to minimize any holding time.

Hygiene and Biosecurity

• Adhere to the VCM and BOP procedures
• Ensure compliance to SHEQ and Risk Management
• Training of staff with regards to animal welfare, food safety, equipment within the operation and Bio-security procedures.
• Maintaining an effective biosecurity programme by practicing good hygiene, vaccination and disease prevention.

Bird Health

• Daily monitoring and activity of birds, and sending of post mortems to the laboratory as per VCD;

Record Keeping

• Keep the documentation files updated that is KFC, health and safety files; feed recording; house chart records; rodent control and mortality records.

Staff management

• Keep and update daily registers, mdwt’s, disciplinary records, training records and review meetings.

Maintenance

• Test equipment and the standby generator on a weekly basis to ensure reliability and good working order.
• Test the alarms in the morning and afternoon, on a daily basis to ensure good working order.
• Maintain the farm grounds.

General Production

• Ensure the submission of samples to the laboratory (blood, water, dust, mortality and feed) as required.
• Monitor and record environmental conditions of poultry houses practices to enable proactive management of potential animal health issues.
• Manage the vaccination process to ensure immunizations and vaccinations are done in time and according to the vaccination program, BOP and veterinary specifications.
• Ensure that effective rodent control measures are in place.

 

 

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