Hatchery Technician

Job description

The role supports daily hatchery operations including egg receiving, grading, setting, incubation, hatching, chick handling, vaccination, sanitation, and equipment monitoring. Ensures proper incubation conditions and maintains high standards of chick quality, biosecurity, hygiene, and hatchery performance. Receive and inspect eggs from breeder farms; check eggs for cleanliness, cracks, and damage; operate and monitor incubators, hatchers, and other equipment; maintain temperature, humidity, ventilation, and turning during incubation; transfer eggs between devices according to schedule; monitor hatch development and identify delays; handle newly hatched chicks carefully and maintain quality; assist with chick vaccination, beak trimming, sorting, counting, and dispatch; remove and dispose of unhatched eggs, shells, and waste; enforce strict biosecurity and hygiene procedures; clean and disinfect hatchery rooms and equipment; monitor equipment and report malfunctions immediately; keep accurate records of egg quantities, fertility, hatchability, chick quality, mortality, vaccination, and dispatch; assist in investigating hatchability issues; follow company SOPs, health and safety, and poultry welfare standards; coordinate with breeder farms, production, quality, maintenance, and chick dispatch teams; support routine maintenance and calibration of hatchery equipment.

Requirements

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Poultry Science, Animal Science, Agriculture, Veterinary Science, or related field
• 2-5 years experience in a commercial poultry hatchery
• practical knowledge of incubation, hatching, chick handling, and hatchery operations
• experience with automatic/incubation machines and hatchery monitoring systems
• good understanding of poultry biosecurity and sanitation procedures
• ability to maintain accurate production and hatchery records
• willingness to work in shifts, including weekends and holidays
• good physical fitness and ability to work in a hatchery environment
• ability to identify abnormalities in eggs, embryos, and newly hatched chicks.

Skills