Pig Production Technician

Essential Functions

• Ensure the highest standards of the humane treatment of animals.
• Follow the farm’s bio-security protocols at all times.
• Maintain and monitor overall animal health, care and treatment of animals.
• Perform routine and seasonal vaccinations and injections as directed.
• Perform general facility cleaning, maintenance, and hygiene.
• Power wash following the farm’s cleaning and disinfection processes, including to pre-check, performing the appropriate preparation, abiding by the safety protocols and ensuring the equipment is in effective and efficient working order.
• Assist with the recording and maintaining of accurate production records and documentation.
• Follow all safety policies and procedures; and communicate any potential hazards and near misses to the Department Lead or Manager.
• Perform heat checking and the breeding/insemination processes.
• Monitor, test and care for pregnant sows.
• Assist with weaning of piglets and movement of animals between barns and departments.
• Prepare the farrow rooms, assist in the proper farrowing of sows and day one pig care.
• Assist in the fostering of piglets.
• Process and castrate piglets.
• Adjust and hang heat lamps as required, check on heat mats.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to move throughout the farm.
• The employee is required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, balance, climb, perform repetitive motions, and communicate frequently for extended periods of time.
• The employee is required to have good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp.