Location
Harrisonburg
Posted
June 06, 2026
Commute
Local Area
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Job Description
Select Genetics is the leading supplier of poults to growers and companies across North America and has operations in eight states.
As a Gender TechΒ you will be responsible for the highly technical task of identifying the sex of day-old chicks using the manual vent sexing method. This is a precision-based role that requires manual dexterity, sharp vision, and the ability to maintain high accuracy in a fast-paced hatchery environment.
The Gender Technician:
+ Sets up their own work area;
+ Accurately determines the poults gender, separating the toms from the hens, marking the poult with the assigned color to promote gender identification accuracy;
The work requires the Gender Technician:
+ To follow the companyβs rules and regulations for bio security, animal welfare and safety;
+ To operate the gender sorting machines;
+ Ability to handle poults gently in the instructed manner, ability to sit fo...
As a Gender TechΒ you will be responsible for the highly technical task of identifying the sex of day-old chicks using the manual vent sexing method. This is a precision-based role that requires manual dexterity, sharp vision, and the ability to maintain high accuracy in a fast-paced hatchery environment.
The Gender Technician:
+ Sets up their own work area;
+ Accurately determines the poults gender, separating the toms from the hens, marking the poult with the assigned color to promote gender identification accuracy;
The work requires the Gender Technician:
+ To follow the companyβs rules and regulations for bio security, animal welfare and safety;
+ To operate the gender sorting machines;
+ Ability to handle poults gently in the instructed manner, ability to sit fo...