**Job Type**: Permanent
**Location**: Killarney QLD
**Salary**: $21.86 per hour + Pastoral Award - Level 1
**Start Date**: ASAP
**The Benefits**:
- Start: ASAP
- $21.86 per hour + Pastoral Award - Level 1
- Duration: 12 months
- Working in animal welfare
- Physical, hands-on work
- Work in a team environment
Our client is an industry leading poultry breeding company with sophisticated operations located in Killarney, Queensland, and surrounds. They are currently looking to fill 50 poultry positions across their farming sites in Queensland.
You are required to work in poultry environment where dust and the smell of livestock is present. Not afraid of getting your hands dirty, you will be comfortable working with live and deceased birds; all animals must be handled gently and compassionately. You will be a team player who is physically fit and more than able to handle heavy lifting.
You will be paid under the Pastoral Award - Level 1, at an hourly rate of $21.86 per hour, and 1 year contract with an average minimum of 38 hours per week.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Work to verbal and/ or written instructions and complete any paperwork required
- Perform maintenance as requested from the manager in a timely manner.
- Assist with the set up of sheds for bird receival.
- Assist with the un-load of birds as directed by the manager or supervisor.
- To be responsible for accurate counting always.
- Pick up, remove dead birds and record mortalities on correct forms
- Monitor shed conditions (ex: water, lights, ect) and report all malfunctions
- Grade eggs and fill in relevant paper work according to training procedures.
- Perform all duties in accordance with training procedures.
- To catch and load birds in a safe manner mindful of bird welfare at depletion.
- Assist in the cleanout and disinfection of the sheds
**Key Skills & Experience**
To be considered for the roles, it's key you are committed to maintaining animal welfare standards and meet the following criteria:
- Comfortable working in a livestock environment
- No asthma or dust allergies
- Physically fit and comfortable in carrying out labour intensive duties
- Able to follow strict Bio Security requirements
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