Poultry Caretaker

The key responsibility of this position is ensure that the premium breeding stock are well maintained during the rearing stages. (Day old chicks to approximately 18 weeks).

Responsibilities

• To proactively maintain poultry to a high standard through:
• Ensuring that stock has ready access to fresh water and a diet to maintain full health and vigour.
• Ensuring that stock has an appropriate environment including shelter and a comfortable resting area
• Ensuring that stock are free from pain, injury or disease by ensuring preventative measures or rapid diagnosis and treatment.
• Ensuring that stock is provided sufficient space, proper facilities and company of the own kind.
• Ensuring that conditions and treatment avoid mental suffering to the stock.
• To observe all hygiene rules, this includes personal hygiene, hand washing, boot dipping/changing and the wearing of all protective clothing.
• Recording information such as bird weight, feed intake and mortality.
• Transferring birds between pens
• To strictly adhere to all bio-security rules.
• To ensure food is weighed accurately.
• Maintain house hygiene, dusting, light fitment cleaning, sweeping up, friable litter and clean bootdips.
• Keep the farm clean and tidy.
• Adhere to all Farm Health and Safety rules and procedures.
• Any other reasonable requests by the Farm Manager

Skills and Experience Required

Any successful applicant will need the following skills:

• Being able to work efficiently on own initiative
• Highly motivated with a 'can do' attitude and a willingness and enthusiasm to take on new challenges
• Flexible and adaptable
• Proactive and driven approach

We offer a competitive annual salary package of £31,900 increasing to £32,500 after completion of a 6 month probationary period.

• Company Pension
• Staff Discount Platform
• Christmas Bonuses
• Attendance Bonus

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