Overview

Poultry Farm Worker – Wagga Wagga

  • 30 or 38 permanent hours per week
  • Above award wages
  • No previous experience required

We are seeking either a permanent part-time worker for 30 hours per week or a permanent full-time worker for 38 hours per week at the Wagga Wagga facility. The Poultry Farm Worker role will see you working in a controlled livestock environment to carry out the general duties associated with housing, rearing and hatching poultry. Duties such as, assisting in incubation, processing day old chickens, floor walking, feeding chickens, reporting, and maintaining strict biosecurity, quality, welfare and safety standards.

 To be considered for this role you must possess:

  • A proven track record of reliability, hard work and willingness to deliver and make a difference for our customers
  • Ability to perform manual handling tasks between 10-20kgs
  • Ability to perform repetitive bending and lifting
  • Own transport and drivers licence

The poultry breeding industry has very strict biosecurity and animal welfare standards as such applicants must satisfy our biosecurity requirements including having no contact with other chickens, pet birds, pigs, or intensive livestock operations.

The successful candidate is required to undergo a pre-employment medical, which includes a drug and alcohol test. Also, this environment requires Respiratory Protective Equipment, which means the mask seal area is to be free of facial hair.

The Wagga Wagga quarantine facility follows the strictest biosecurity, receiving quality imported eggs and then incubating them, hatching them and growing them to approximately 10 weeks of age. The chickens are tested by the Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (DAWR) to confirm that they are healthy and disease free, before they are transferred to Aviagen breeder farms. The farm is then disinfected and prepared for the next quarantine cycle.

To apply please send resumes to Ian Napier at Think Recruitment apply@thinkrecruitment.com.au and Ian can be contacted on 0418 467 884