AVS Bio Incubation Technician

• Incubation TechnicianLocation: Voluntown, CT
• Industry: Pharmaceutical
• Salary: $25/hr.
• Shift: Saturday - Wednesday, 5:30am - 2pm EST
• Employment Type: Direct Hire

Overview

Provide customers with quality incubated eggs through the setting, monitoring. candling and packing process. Complete associated paperwork and perform housekeeping duties

• Essential duties and responsibilities: Set eggs according to customer or management specifications.
• Record appropriate information on order sheet (e.g. date, flock number, quantity)
• Prepare incubation tags for each order.
• Monitor temperature and humidity levels of each machine twice daily.
• Candle eggs and pack incubated eggs orders according to customer specification.
• Select out appropriate eggs for breeder stock.
• Set eggs for flock replacement and bird sales as required.
• Complete and distribute all required incubation paperwork.
• Input all incubation data into appropriate spreadsheets.
• Clean incubators and associated equipment with appropriate solutions; perform weekly fumigation, maintaining biosecurity
• Perform environmental sampling of incubators and complete associated paperwork.
• Assist with egg processing/packing as needed.
• Hatches (2x a week) requiring sorting and removal of birds
• Responsible for the humane handling and proper disposal of euthanized birds in accordance with ethical, legal and biosecurity guidelines
• Perform all other related duties as assigned.

• Qualifications:Education: High school diploma or General Education Degree (G.E.D.)

• Physical Demands:Must frequently lift/move flats of eggs weighing up to 30 pounds and regularly lift/move cases of eggs weighing up to 60 pounds.
• Must constantly position self to access and inspect eggs and be able to assess their condition from various distances within the incubation area.
• Showering in and out of facilities; protective clothing/equipment provided
• Extended periods of time standing
• No jewelry/piercings allowed in facility
• Regularly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
• Regularly provides information to and receives information from/through various technologies, media, sources and contacts. Must be able to accurately exchange accurate information in these situations.

• Work Environment:While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Regularly wears protective clothing (lab coats, safety glasses and gloves).
• Exposure to dust and animal dander, protective clothing/equipment will be provided
• Involves the handling and humane euthanasia of chickens in accordance with institutional and regulatory guidelines, ensuring ethical treatment and compliance with protocols
• May work near live animals with risk of exposure to allergens and/or zoonotic disease(s).
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to sanitation chemicals and odors.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

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EOE/ADA