Recruiter: Human Capital Outsourcing Limited (On behalf of our Client) Industry: Poultry Farming & Food Processing Location: Thika, Kenya Employment Type: Full-Time Department: Farm Operations Reports To: Farm Operations Manager
Position Overview
The successful candidate will ensure optimal chick health, welfare, growth performance, and mortality control by maintaining ideal environmental conditions, implementing biosecurity measures, monitoring nutrition, and adhering to poultry management best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage daily brooding operations.
• Monitor chick health and welfare.
• Maintain optimal brooding temperatures.
• Monitor ventilation and humidity.
• Ensure adequate feeding programs.
• Manage water quality and supply.
• Implement farm biosecurity procedures.
• Monitor chick growth performance.
• Maintain brooder equipment.
• Record production data accurately.
• Identify and report diseases.
• Administer vaccines as scheduled.
• Supervise brooder attendants.
• Ensure cleanliness of brooder houses.
• Reduce chick mortality rates.
• Perform any assigned duties.

Qualifications & Experience

• Diploma Animal Production.
• Poultry Production Qualification.
• Two Years Experience.
• Poultry Farm Experience.
• Brooding Management Knowledge.
• Poultry Nutrition Knowledge.
• Disease Prevention Skills.
• Biosecurity Procedures Knowledge.
• Record Keeping Skills.
• Computer Literacy Required.
• Communication Skills.
• Teamwork Skills.

Key Competencies

• Poultry Husbandry
• Chick Management
• Biosecurity Management
• Disease Prevention
• Record Keeping
• Team Leadership
• Problem Solving
• Time Management
• Attention to Detail
  
• Communication Skills

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