Overview
Assistant Farmer X1 – Laying – Rainbow Chicken Jobs in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa at Trending Talent Solutions
Title: Assistant Farmer X1 – Laying – Rainbow Chicken
Company: Trending Talent Solutions
Location: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Role Purpose:
- To assist the Farmer in managing the operations, resources and manpower of a site thereby ensuring the optimal number of the right quality birds at the right time and at the lowest cost. To take full responsibility of the site when the Farmer is not on site.
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum Grade 12; Tertiary qualification will be an advantage
- Physically fit with no allergies to bird feathers and dust
- Driving License required
Required Experience:
- 3 years’ experience in the Poultry environment with an experience/exposure in a Laying supervisory capacity
Key Responsibilities:
Feed Management
- Management of feed through accurate and timeous, allocation of feed; bin stocks and orders
- Ensure feed procedure executed correctly
- Receive delivered feed and verify feed codes
- Take Feed samples upon receipt of delivery
- Check and report feed quality if below standard
- Ensure feeder systems fully maintained through physical inspection of systems daily
- Manage and take accurate daily feed stock.
- Feeding of birds daily and check feed methods and systems.
Ventilation Management
- Daily planning and adjustment to ventilation system as per requirement as per BOP
- Must know how to operate and control ventilation controller.
Water Management
- Ensure water system is fully always maintained and operational as per BOP and hygiene program
- Plan water drinker line heights and water flow daily
- Measure water intake and record and report on variances
Light Management
- Ensure prescribed light program implemented through physical inspections
- Order stock to replace and maintain lighting standards
- Ensure security and gate house lights switched of during the day
Temperature Management
- Plan daily set-points as per procedure
- Monitor and maintain Ikaya probes
Grading
- Planning and calculation of production daily
- Counting Birds when placing and depopulating
Vaccination
- Ensure vaccinations are done as per BOP and approved vaccination program
- Plan activities according to vaccination program; ensure stock availability
- Monitor vaccine reactions and report inconsistencies and draw blood samples as per procedure
Drag Swabs
- Ensure Drag Swabs program followed correctly per vaccination program
Litter
- Produce adequate support to optimal litter conditions through ventilation; water drinker and temperature management.
- Ensure correct number of shavings is delivered per house and levelled correctly
- Ensure bedding quality is in spec throughout the flock
- Ensure Litter Beetle program implemented
Meetings
- Conduct daily meeting to plan activities for the day
Samples & Monitoring
- Ensure samples are taken as per Hygiene program
- Ensure correct methodology is applied for all samples taken through physical inspection
- Recording mortality numbers and reporting daily mortalities per house
Gatehouse
- Maintain Gatehouse to BOP requirements at all times concerning hygiene, biosecurity and cleanliness.
Biosecurity Management
- Implement and Maintain biosecurity measures
- Conduct biosecurity weekly audits and report on findings
- Plan bio-security related stock and order timeously
- Ensure MSDS availability for all chemicals as per SHEQ requirement
- Ensure rodent control is implemented as per BOP
- Conduct rodent control inspection on biweekly basis
PPE Management
- Ensure PPE is supplied as per BOP and H&S requirements
- Issuing and stock control as per BOP
- Monthly PPE recon signed off and audited
Standby Generator
- Always ensure standby generator in good working order
- Inspect generator room and logbook on weekly basis
- Immediate report of generator failure
- Ensure diesel available when required
Catching management
- Plan catching activities with team as per program. Catching activities includes litter removal; pre-washing; washing; disinfection; bedding placement; maintenance; preparation
- Pre- and post-inspections to be done with each contractor; sheets signed off
- Inspecting bird activity and handling
Team Management
- Plan teams leave on an annual basis and monitor leave balances on a monthly basis
- Plan monthly shift roster and implement
- Ensure adherence to company code of conduct; policies and procedures
- Apply discipline as per company procedures; frequent training to be done with team
- Ensure all required trainings executed and reported on.
- Training will include Matrix training; On-the-job; Job observations; New entry training
Maintenance
- Manage breakdowns reported through physical inspections and verification of facts to control cost
- Manage daily maintenance activities through interaction with Maintenance team
PMB
Published Date: 03 July 2026
Closing Date: 17 July 2026