Backyard or small poultry Farmer

As a Poultry Worker, you will work in poultry farms and will be involved in breeding and rearing of poultry animals such as chicken, duck, turkey, emu, goose, etc. to produce meat and eggs. Your primary work will involve ensuring appropriate feeding and taking care of animal health.

Your job will involve taking care of the feeding of the animals, clearing their litter and keeping their quarters clean and sanitised. You will ensure that animal diseases are prevented, they are provided medication to control diseases and they are healthy. You will examine their growth and weight gain. 

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

As a Poultry Worker, you will be engaged with one or more of the following roles and responsibilities: -

• Handling and management of the breeding stocks, or small birds and animals which are nurtured and grown in a poultry farm.
• Rearingand ensure appropriate health care of the poultry animals.
• Feeding of the poultry animals to ensure proper nutrition and growth.
• Mixing additives, feed and medicines in definite prescribed amounts.
• Cleaning the poultry animals’ living quarters and sanitise with the help of disinfectants and other chemicals.
• Examining and inspecting the animals to identify diseases and to ensure proper growth and weight gain.
• Inspecting the flock for diseases and removing dead/ill/weak birds.
• Proper collection of eggs and recording the number of eggs that each poultry animal lays.
• Maintaining as well as repairing machinery, equipment, layers, pens, buildings, fences and yards

• You should have interests for Realistic Occupations. Realistic occupations involve more practical and hands-on activities than paperwork or office work. Realistic occupations often involve physical activities for getting things done using various tools and equipment. 
• You should have good hand-eye coordination.
• You should have knowledge of Mathematics – basic arithmetic and related mathematical disciplines and their applications.
• Factual knowledge of poultry and related matters such as health and hygiene of birds, disease prevention and vaccination of birds and market prices of poultry produce etc.
• You should have manual dexterity – The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• You should have Physical Stamina - The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
• You should have the required skills for handling birds and you should be able to operate farm machinery.
• You should have Skills for Communication in Vernacular Languages - Skills in communicating effectively in writing as well as verbally with others in a local or indigenous language such as Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Bengali, Assamese, etc.
• You always or mostly prefer to stick within a routine or carry out routine and repetitive activities.