Pig Technician

Preferred Capital Management, Inc.; Elkton (MN); In loco; USD 20.000 - 29.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health

Dental

Vision

PTO Paid Holidays

Descrizione del lavoro

Preferred Capital Management, Inc. seeks a Full Time Pig Production Technician for a sow farm in Elkton, MN 55933. You will work day shifts handling pigs, following bio-security and welfare protocols while supporting feeding, vaccination, and health checks.

Responsibilities include recordkeeping, heat checks, insemination support, piglet care, and facility cleaning. Compensation is $18.00 per hour with health benefits and PTO, on-site work.

Competenze

• No formal education requirement.
• No prior experience required.
• Shift: First (Day).

Mansioni

• Humane handling of animals and adherence to welfare standards.
• Follow farm bio-security protocols at all times.
• Monitor and assist feeding systems and ensure animals are fed and watered per protocol.
• Maintain animal health and care; document observations as directed.
• Perform routine vaccinations and injections as directed.
• General facility cleaning, maintenance, and hygiene tasks.
• Power wash and follow cleaning/disinfection processes; ensure equipment is in good order.
• Record production data and maintain accurate documentation.
• Follow safety policies and report hazards or near misses to supervisor.
• Assist with heat checking and breeding/insemination processes.
• Monitor and care for pregnant sows; assist with farrowing and piglet care.
• Wean piglets and move animals between barns and departments.
• Prepare farrowing rooms and assist in proper piglet care after birth.
• Assist in piglet fostering and castration as required.
• Adjust heat lamps and heat mats as needed.

Descrizione del lavoro

Seeking Full-time Pig Production Technicians for a sow farm. You'll have hands‑on interaction with livestock and regular structured routines.

Job Duties

Essential Functions

• Ensure the highest standards of the humane treatment of animals.
• Follow the farm’s bio-security protocols at all times.
• Monitor and assist with feeding systems and ensure animals are fed and watered according to respective protocols
• Maintain and monitor overall animal health, care and treatment of animals.
• Perform routine and seasonal vaccinations and injections as directed.
• Perform general facility cleaning, maintenance, and hygiene.
• Power wash following the farm’s cleaning and disinfection processes, including to pre-check, performing the appropriate preparation, abiding by the safety protocols and ensuring the equipment is in effective and efficient working order.
• Assist with the recording and maintaining of accurate production records and documentation.
• Follow all safety policies and procedures; and communicate any potential hazards and near misses to the Department Lead or Manager.
• Perform heat checking and the breeding/insemination processes
• Monitor, test and care for pregnant sows.
• Assist with weaning of piglets and movement of animals between barns and departments.
• Prepare the farrow rooms, assist in the proper farrowing of sows and day one pig care.
• Assist in the fostering of piglets.
• Process and castrate piglets.
• Adjust and hang heat lamps as required, check on heat mats.

Minimum Education Required

0

Minimum Experience Required

0

Shift

First (Day)

Number of Openings

2

Compensation

$18.00

Postal Code

55933

Job Type

Full Time

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

Elkton MN

Job Benefits

Health, Dental, Vision, PTO Paid Holidays