Job Description
Gilt Developer Unit Lead - near Truman, MN
Job Description
Overall management of GDU including but not limited to:
Maximize Feed Intake
- Feeder management -- daily adjustments
- Feed ration management
- Water -- flow and availability
- Minimize stress events
Ventilation Management
- Controller knowledge
- Air -- flow, speed, and exchange
- Set temp vs. actual
- Environment assessment - laying patterns, humidity, cleanliness
Health Management
- Medication/vaccination schedule
- Treatment identification
- Threshold communication
Overall Flow Management
- Nursery management
- Incoming preparation
- Intensive monitoring
- Stocking density/square footage
- Replacement rate, selection rate and timing
- Weekly targets -- mortality, removals, HNS
Inventory and Record Keeping
Gilt Entry Protocol -- ear tagging and recording within 7 days of arrival
Daily movements into gestation barn, HNS events, mortality and culls
Weekly inventory tracking
GDU Snapshot
- Boar exposure management
- Heat detection
- HNS row management.
- Understanding breed eligible targets.
MARGINAL FUNCTIONS
Depending on layout/size of farm -- may cross over time/labor in gestation barn or other areas of the farm.
SPOSITION SPECIFICATION
Education: Agriculture Degree or equivalent experience
Experience: 2 years
Work Environment: Agricultural swine environment in rural area
Noise levels that require hearing protection in some areas
Gestation, farrowing, and small swine care processes