Job Description:

• 1) Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in receiving and preparing eggs for incubation; incubating eggs; grading, preparing, and shipping chicks in poultry hatchery: Confers with hatchery manager to discuss equipment and supply needs, production and research requirements, and work schedules.

• 2) Assigns workers to duties, such as egg candling, sorting and traying, incubating eggs, and grading and debeaking chicks.

• 3) Monitors thermometers, gauges, and chart recorders to detect equipment malfunctions and to verify compliance with incubator temperature and ventilation standards.