OBJECTIVE: The GDU Lead owns every detail that affects the gilt from the day she walks off the trailer into quarantine until the day a catheter is inserted. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONSOverall 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 execution
- 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 FUNCTIONSDepending on layout/size of farm - may cross over time/labor in gestation barn or other areas of the farm.POSITION SPECIFICATIONSEducation: High School Diploma or GED PreferredExperience: 1 year pig experience preferredTraining: Completion of Pipestone Emerging Leader - GDUWork Environment: Agricultural swine environment in rural areaNoise levels that require hearing protection in some areasGestation, farrowing, and small swine care processesCompensation, Pay & Benefits:Compensation rate of $40,000 - $65,000 per year and is commensurable with experience and barn size. Position open until filled.