Hatchery Worker

Work description

SOC 45-2093 — 100% of work performed. In this chicken hatchery production facility, employees work with chicken throughout the full hatchery cycle by receiving eggs, placing them on trays, loading trays into incubators, transferring eggs from incubators to hatchers, and then handling the chicks as they hatch for customer orders and shipment. They examine feathers and colors of chicks to segregate chicks according to sex, load chicks into separators, and package chick orders for customers before loading and shipping them from the facility. The work also includes assisting in all areas of the hatchery and farms by performing toe, wing, and beak clipping, vaccinating chicks, receiving, loading, and unloading eggs and chicks at the hatchery, farms, and shipping locations, driving vans to farms and shipping locations as needed for transport, dumping product waste, filling customer orders, and cleaning and sanitizing the facility and equipment to support ongoing hatchery operations. The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience. Employer may also, at its sole discretion, offer performance-based incentive bonuses that are not guaranteed and are determined by the employer. Workers returning for a consecutive season will be paid at their previous season’s rate if that rate exceeds the current published rate.