Production Summer Help

Like working with Animals? Looking for a fun and exciting summer job on a farm? Join the Christensen Farms team as part of our Summer help program!

Description:

This key position is responsible for the daily care, health, and maintenance of all animals at the designated work site. Each Herdsperson is a vital member of a team dedicated to competitive swine production in our Sow System environment.

The ideal candidate will have a desire to work with pigs, a willingness to learn and a high level of dependability. This position offers excellent training and the opportunity for advancement for high achieving employees.

Duties:

• Cleaning and Organization
  • Supply rooms, fumigation rooms, office, break rooms, entryways, shower rooms, connecting hallways and sow washes
  • Tractor sheds
  • Grounds outside - pick up trash, check bait boxes
• Power Washing
  • Feed drop tubes (breeding and gestation), hallways, isolation rooms, hot boxes, dead removal area
• Repair and Maintenance
  • Repair feed tubes (breeding and gestation), replace and adjust feed tubes in farrowing, replace broken and missing farrowing crate dividers, painting (shower room floors, office, entry ways, exterior)
• Production Items
  • Feed farrowing
  • Help with weaning
  • Process piglets/castration
  • Pit scraping
  • Address minor repairs on bio audits

Qualifications

• Candidate must be 16 years or older.
• Experience: Previous livestock handling helpful, but not required.
• Other: Ability to work in a fast paced environment. Display a high level of respect to the team members and animals. Demonstrate an impeccable reliability/dependability standard.