Assistant Farmer at RCL Foods

Job Description

• “RCL FOODS is a passion-led business. Do you want to be part of a growing and enthusiastic company working 
• towards an ambition to offer more food to more people, more often?” The KZN Agriculture team is on the hunt for an
• Assistant Farmer to join the Consumer division with a direct report to the Farm Manager.

Minimum Requirements

•   Grade 12
•   Relevant qualification in Agricultural diploma or degree would be an advantage.
•  Code 10 driver’s license would be an advantage.
•  Minimum of 3 years relevant poultry experience.
•  Minimum of 3 years management experience with IR would be an advantage.
• Staff Supervisory and leadership experience.
•  Ability to work shift work/ standby/overtime.
•  Willing to live on site.
•  Strong people management skills
•  Attention to detail.
•  Passion for animals.
•  Proactive.
•  Good analytical skills.
• Willing to work a continuous operation

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist in the monitoring of the day to day activities at the farm. 
• To act as Farm Manager in the absenceof Farm Manager.
•  House Preparation prior to placement in order to create ideal conditions for bird production.
•  Chick Placement – co –ordinate and monitor staff.
•  Post placement of chicks (Brooding conditions) – Evaluation of chick quality, recording of vent temperatures, temperature
• setting,
•  Growing conditions – Daily monitoring of the bird performance which entails feed intake, water recordings, temp and
• humidity recordings, mortality recordings.
•  Ventilation management – Adjust ventilation static pressure to achieve minimum and maximum bird requirement.
•  An operating MDWT environment.
•  Water Management - Water sampling prior to placement, flushing of the water lines three times in a week, sanitation of house
• water reticulation, daily water pressure setting and nipple heights.
• Feed management – Receiving and Recording of feed deliveries relative to feed programme; daily bin stock counts;
• management of feed heights; adjustment of feeder levels according to bird’s size; monitoring of feed quality(% of fine feed); 
• sampling of feed when the truck arrives.
• Outsource activities – Preparation of the house environment prior to depletion.
• Biosecurity and Farm sanitation – Maintaining an effective biosecurity programme by practicing good hygiene,
• vaccination and disease prevention.
• Bird Health – Daily monitoring and activity of birds, and sending of post mortems to the laboratory as per VCD;
•  Record Keeping – Keep the documentation files updated that is KFC, health and safety files; feed recording; house chart
• records; rodent control, mortality records.
• Staff management – Keep and update daily registers, MDWT’s, disciplinary records, training records; review meetings.