Pig Specialist

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Daily pig care
• Feeding and watering of stock
• Heat detection, breeding and artificial insemination
• Assist sows and piglets with farrowing, litter identification & processing, fostering etc
• Manage barn and pen environments; temperature and air quality
• Maintain section cleanliness and sanitation
• Dead pig removal and necropsy to identify cause of death
• Identify and treat sick or injured stock in line with veterinary treatment plan
• Identify and euthanise welfare compromised or non-treatable stock, in line with veterinary guidelines
• Maintain accurate records
• Routinely check and repair facilities and equipment including preventative maintenance
• Carry out any other reasonable tasks requested by the Production Manager, from time to time
• Follow all bio-security protocols as outlined in the PIC NZ Employee Handbook
• Ensure that animals in the section are treated humanely and within the provisions of the Animal Welfare Code
• Follow all PIC NZ policies and procedures