**Job Type**: Permanent
**Location**: Goulburn NSW
**Salary**: $24.50 per hour + Pastoral Award / EA- Level 1
**Start Date**: ASAP
**The Benefits**:
- Start: ASAP
- $24.50 per hour + Pastoral Award / EA- 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 Goulburn, NSW and surrounds. They are currently looking to fill 6 poultry positions across their farming sites.
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 the Pastoral Award/ EA - Level 1, at an hourly rate of $24.50 per hour, and 1 year contract with an average minimum of 38 hours per week.
**Key duties include**:
- Control pests and vermin
- Operate farming equipment
- Preparation & cleaning of sheds, equipment and spread litter for new bird placement plus set up for depopulation and cleanout
- Catch / hold birds and other aspects of bird handling and welfare activities
- General maintenance of poultry farm grounds
- Carryout cleaning, disinfecting (sanitising) equipment, machines, buildings within farm confines
- Dismantling of farm equipment
- Collect, grade, and store eggs to Company specification
- Perform Vaccinations
**Key Skills & Experience**
To be considered for the roles, it's important you are committed to maintaining animal welfare standards and meet the following criteria:
- Comfortable working in a livestock environment
- Good communication skills and able to follow instructions
- No asthma or dust allergies
- Physically fit and comfortable in carrying out labour intensive duties
- Able to follow directions and work unsupervised whilst showing high levels of initiative
- A team player and happy working with a multicultural team
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