Key Responsibilities:

House Preparation

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

Chick Placement

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

Post placement of chicks (Brooding conditions)

• Evaluation of chick quality, recording of vent temperatures, temperature setting,

Growing conditions

• Daily monitoring of the bird performance which entails feed intake, water recordings, temp and humidity recordings, 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, mortality records,
• Staff management
• Keep and update daily registers, mdwt’s, disciplinary records, training records; 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 by best operating
• 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.