Animal Health Technician - KZN369 at Astral Foods Ltd

Key Responsibilities:

• Recognise disease manifestation in poultry.
• Evaluate husbandry and biosecurity practices aimed at preventing disease in poultry.
• Evaluate the storage and administration of vaccines to poultry.
• Sampling of poultry for bacterial and viral diseases.
• Routine biosecurity and welfare audits on production sites.
• Routine lesion scoring and post mortems.
• Evaluate feed and water quality
• Provide reports on farm visit findings.
• Administration of export registered and HPAI vaccinated facilities
• Collect routine surveillance samples on HPAI vaccinated farms (weekly and monthly) if relevant. 

Minimum Requirements:

• National Diploma in Animal Health.
• Registered with the South African Veterinary Council (SAVC) as an Animal Health Technician.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 to 5 years in broiler management.

Proven experience within: 

• Poultry production or similar animal background
• Agriculture environment

Technical Competencies:

• Microsoft Office Suite 
• Valid code B Driver’s license