Hatchery Laborer
Description
Hatchery – Embrex Laborer
Job Duties/Physical Requirements/Dexterity:
Hatchery Laborers are required to wash floats, transport hatcher trays, sanitize separator, and
sanitize hatcher, set eggs, transfer eggs, and load chicks onto conveyor. Washing floats (buggy) is
accomplished by removing hatcher trays from the float, over-turning the float to remove debris and
rinsing with high-pressure hose. The separator is sanitized using a foaming system with sodium
hypochlorite and then rinsed with a high-pressure hose. Sanitizing the hatcher requires removing
fans from the inside of the hatcher, sweeping the floor to remove excess debris, then foaming with
sodium hypochlorite and rinsing with a high-pressure hose. Setting requires team members to place
eggs into the incubators by lifting 10-pound egg trays and placing them into stacked buggies, the
eggs are placed from floor level to shoulder level. When transferring eggs, buggies on casters
loaded with eggs are pushed to the vaccination table, each individual tray is placed on the table, and
then placed back onto the buggy, which is then rolled to the hatcher. The team member loads chicks
onto the belt by removing chick trays from buggy and placing tray onto conveyor.
Physical Requirements:
Continuous standing, walking, bending, and reaching
Dexterity:
Some jobs require pinch grip, back extension/flexion, and/or should extension/flexion.
Equipment/Tools/PPE
Hearing protection is required in posted areas, slip resistant shoes are required in all areas, steel toe
shoes are required during set and transfer, and cotton gloves are optional to be used as needed by
team member.
On the job training:
1-2 weeks
Working Conditions:
Conditions are wet and humid during sanitation process. The team members spend approximately 2
hours per shift in the incubators, which are 99 degrees Fahrenheit and are exposed to dusty
conditions when chicks are in production.
EOE/Vet/Disabled
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