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Pilgrim

HATCHERY LABORER

Pilgrim, El Paso, Texas, United States

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Hatchery – Laborer

Hours: Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri – 5:00am-4:00pm Job Duties / Physical Requirements / Dexterity

Hatchery Laborers wash floats, transport hatcher trays, sanitize separator, sanitize hatcher, set eggs, transfer eggs, and load chicks onto conveyor. Washing floats (buggy) is accomplished by removing hatcher trays from the float, turning the float to remove debris and rinsing with a high‑pressure hose. The separator is sanitized using a foaming system with sodium hypochlorite and then rinsed with a high‑pressure hose. Sanitizing the hatcher requires removing fans from inside the hatcher, sweeping the floor to remove excess debris, then foaming with sodium hypochlorite and rinsing with a high‑pressure hose. Setting requires team members to place eggs into the incubators by lifting 10‑pound egg trays and placing them into stacked buggies; the eggs are placed from floor level to shoulder level. When transferring eggs, buggies on casters loaded with eggs are pushed to the vaccination table, each individual tray is placed on the table, and then placed back onto the buggy which is then rolled to the hatcher. The team member loads chicks onto the belt by removing chick trays from buggy and placing tray onto conveyor. Physical Requirements

Continuous standing, walking, bending, and reaching. Dexterity

Some jobs require pinch grip, back extension/flexion, and/or shoulder extension/flexion. Equipment / Tools / PPE

Hearing protection is required in posted areas. Slip‑resistant shoes are required in all areas, steel‑toe shoes are required during set and transfer, and cotton gloves are optional to be used as needed by team member. On the Job Training

1–2 weeks Working Conditions

Conditions are wet and humid during sanitation process. Team members spend approximately 2 hours per shift in the incubators which are 99 degrees Fahrenheit and are exposed to dusty conditions when chicks are in production.

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