Nursery

This opportunity is specifically open to J1 visa applicants.

Job Summary: Assistance in the nursery care of piglets.

Required Job Hours: Approximately 45 hours per week; 9 hours per day; 5 days per week plus rotating weekends.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

Assessment of piglet condition;

Active participation in gruel feeding, mat feeding, and hand feeding;

Assessment of piglet health;

Power washing and sanitizing barns, rooms, and hallways;

Administration of treatment and vaccination to piglets;

Moving piglets;

Assessment and recording ventilation guidelines;

Comply with all bio-security, safety, and animal welfare policies;

Report to leadership of non-functioning ventilation equipment; and

Report to leadership of ventilation readings out of ideal range.

Physical Requirements:

Must be able to reach, bend, and stoop frequently;

Continuous walking from pen to pen to check on piglets; a minimum of 8 hours per day;

Quick reaction time and the ability to quickly reach a piglet to assist with any piglets that are being compromised;

Continuous bending over pens to reach piglets (approximately 300 times per day) for marking, weighing, and treatment;

Continuous bending, reaching, and crouching for powerwashing and sanitizing;

Frequent kneeling, reaching, and steady balance required for treating piglets;

Must be able to lift up to a maximum of 60 pounds consistently, with frequent lifting or carrying of object weighing up to 50 pounds;

Must be able to push and pull up to 60 pounds;

Must be able to stand and walk 8 hours every day, with a 45-minute break; and

Must have fine motor skills for writing data, administering treatment shots, and weighing individual piglets.