Pig Technician

Preferred Capital Management, Inc.; Pillager (MN); On-site; USD 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Dental

Vision

PTO

Paid Holidays

Job summary

This on-site, full-time role provides hands-on pig care at a Minnesota farm. You will support humane animal handling, monitor health, assist with breeding, feeding, vaccines, and daily routines to uphold welfare and productivity.

You will follow strict bio-security, keep production records accurate, and perform cleaning and safety tasks. Shift is Day, two openings; pay is $18.00/hr with listed benefits.

Responsibilities

• Ensure humane treatment of animals.
• Follow farm bio-security protocols at all times.
• Monitor feeding systems and ensure animals are fed and watered according to protocols.
• Maintain and monitor overall animal health and care.
• Perform routine vaccinations and injections as directed.
• General facility cleaning, maintenance and hygiene.
• Power wash following cleaning/disinfection processes and ensure equipment is in good working order.
• Assist with recording and maintaining accurate production records.
• Communicate hazards and near misses to the Department Lead or Manager.
• Perform heat checking and breeding/insemination processes.
• Monitor, test and care for pregnant sows.
• Assist with weaning of piglets and movement of animals between barns and departments.
• Prepare farrow rooms and assist in proper farrowing and day-one pig care.
• Assist in fostering of piglets.
• Process and castrate piglets.
• Adjust and hang heat lamps and check heat mats.

Job description

Job Duties

• 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

56473

Job Type

Full Time

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

Pillager

Job Benefits

• Health
• Dental
• Vision
• PTO
• Paid Holidays