Hatchery Worker - Vent Sexor
Employer: Hoover's Hatchery Co. LLC
Location: Rudd, IA
Workers needed: 5
Pay: $24.00/hour
Season: Jan 9, 2027 – Sep 22, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Employees in SOC 45-2093 will perform the full range of hatchery production work for chickens, beginning with receiving eggs, placing them on trays, loading trays into incubators, and transferring eggs from incubators to hatchers so the hatch process can proceed in sequence; once chicks hatch, they will load chicks into the separator and examine chick genitalia, feathers, and/or colors to determine sex, including picking up chicks, squeezing chicks so that feces are extracted, shining light or turning back the cloacal opening to view and observe the sex of the chick, and then segregating chicks according to sex, while also examining feathers and colors of chicks to make the same separation. They will assist throughout the hatchery and at farms and shipping locations by performing toe/wing/beak clipping, vaccinating, receiving, loading, and unloading eggs and chicks, filling customer chick orders, packaging those orders, and preparing chicks for shipment to customers. Work also includes driving to farms and shipping locations using vans, loading and unloading eggs and chicks at those locations, dumping product waste, cleaning and sanitizing the facility and equipment, and performing all other duties as assigned. The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience. Workers returning for a consecutive season will be paid at the previous season’s rate if that rate exceeds the current published rate.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities and space for food preparation, as well as the necessary equipment, appliances (including refrigeration), cooking accessories, and dish washing facilities (e.g. adequate sinks with hot and cold water under pressure) that are in working condition and will be used by workers to sufficiently prepare three (3) meals a day. Employer will offer free transportation to town for personal services (i.e. banking, groceries) at least once per week for non range workers.
Transport: The employer will pay the worker for reasonable costs incurred by the worker for transportation and daily subsistence from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer, whether in the U.S. or abroad to the place of employment (inbound/outbound). The employer will permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved.
Experience wanted: 3 months
Job requires extensive sitting or walking, frequent stooping or bending over, repetitive movements, and a 75 lb lifting requirement. Must possess a valid, standard, non-commercial driver's license (e.g., Class C, D, R, E, F or 3 depending on state). Employer will conduct post-hire drug tests at no cost to the employee to enforce a drug free workplace policy. Failing a drug test will result in termination. Employee must have 3 months of verifiable experience.
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