Hashem Talafha, Poultry Farm Manager

Hashem Talafha

Poultry Farm Manager

Tegel Foods Ltd

Location
New Zealand
Education
Master's degree, NZ Diploma in Management
Experience
25 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :25 years, 11 Months

Poultry Farm Manager at Tegel Foods Ltd
  • New Zealand
  • My current job since March 2014

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Broiler Farms Manager
Tegel Foods Ltd, New Plymouth, New Zealand
• Management of 200, 000 bird unit
• Raising day old chicks to Kill age
• Brood and move (raising day old chicks to 18 day)
• Team Motivator
• Monitoring of birds and equipment
• Managing the cost of the production
• Farm management
• Animal welfare compliance
• Environmental compliance
• Quality and safety standards
• Bird husbandry programs / procedures
• Safety programs and associated administration
• Farm maintenance
• Farm related environmental management
• Reports / administration
• Farm security
• Training and staff management issues
• Continuous improvement programmes
• Alarm Duty.
• Prepare the final technical reports after each flock slaughter

Team leader at tegel Foods ltd
  • New Zealand
  • December 2010 to March 2014

Team Leader
Tegel Foods Ltd, New Plymouth, New Zealand




• Lead & develop the team to meet agreed business goals
• Ensure staff are adequately trained to enable effective and efficient operation
• To monitor food safety practices
• To monitor health and safety practices
• Ensuring efficient production flow meet all deadline within the department
• Animal welfare
• Compliance management
• Ensuring all products are made to specification at lowest cost
• To have input into the future development of the operation.
• Day to day staff management, Manage a team of 20 staff
• Scheduling of birds in right sequence
• Hazard management
• Liaising with Growers, planning team, production team and livestock department to notify the production requirement and communicate any issues that might arise
• Customer and service oriented

Broiler Farm Manager at Travama Holding Ltd
  • New Zealand
  • August 2009 to December 2010

Broiler Farm Manager
Travama Holding Ltd, Tokoroa, New Zealand




• Management of 330, 000 bird unit
• Raising day old chicks to Kill age
• Team Motivator
• Monitoring of birds and equipment
• Managing the cost of the production
• Farm management
• Animal welfare compliance
• Environmental compliance
• Quality and safety standards
• Bird husbandry programs / procedures
• Safety programs and associated administration
• Farm maintenance
• Farm related environmental management
• Reports / administration
• Farm security
• Training and staff management issues
• Continuous improvement programmes
• Responsibility of Installing the house equipment (feeding and drinking systems, ventilation and monitoring systems)
• Prepare the final technical reports after each flock slaughter

Farm Manager at Inghams Enterprises Ltd
  • New Zealand
  • February 2006 to August 2009

Broiler Breeder Farm manager

Boiler Breeder Farm Manager at Al-Jazeera Agriculture Company, Al Mafia, Jordan
  • Jordan - Amman
  • May 2002 to February 2006

Boiler Breeder Farm Manager
Al-Jazeera Agriculture Company, Al Mafia, Jordan





• Established the farm from zero point
• Manage 23 staff
• Management of 150, 000 bird unit, rearing and production
• Technical support for Al Jazeera Agricultural group
• Team Motivator
• Monitoring of birds and equipment
• Building team and staff training

Ostrich Farm Manager N at Nebo Ostrich Company, Amman, Jordan
  • Jordan - Amman
  • September 2001 to May 2002

Ostrich Farm Manager
Nebo Ostrich Company, Amman, Jordan





• Managing Ostrich flock of 2000 birds
• Ration formulation
• Health management
• Hatchery management
• Farm maintenance
• Staff management

Research Assistant at University of Jordan
  • Jordan - Amman
  • November 1999 to September 2001

• Collecting and processing of feed and milk samples
• Chemical analysis
• Collating information about the research
• Entering data for statistical analysis

GP Farm Manager at Arab Company for Livestock Development (ACOLID)
  • Jordan - Amman
  • June 1998 to November 1999

• Staff Management and Training
• Flock vaccination
• Beak treatment
• Check the level of ventilation
• Lighting program for flocks in rearing and layer stage
• Feed consumption for male line and female line
• Assuring the application of higher Bio-security levels within the farms complex
• Monitoring body weight
• Weighing samples of flocks every week to assure that uniformity is more than 80%
• Selection of male in male and female line
• Doing spiking to flock if age more than 55 weeks of age
• Selection of sex error in flocks
• Solve the problem related to egg production, fertility and hatchability
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• Daily Monitoring of egg production, egg weight, mortalities and culling, percentage of dirty eggs, and egg disinfection in the farms before being transferred to the hatchery
• Daily monitoring of water quality (pH and chlorine levels) and consumption
• Budgeting
• Sanitation program and set up for new flocks
• Health management for flocks

Education

Master's degree, NZ Diploma in Management
  • at WITT, New Plymouth, New Zealand
  • December 2013

NZ Diploma in Management WITT, New Plymouth, New Zealand • Organization & Management • Leadership & Communication Skills • Commercial Law & Business Computing • Applied Management

Diploma, National Certificate in Poultry Management (Level 4), and National Certificate in Poultry Husbandry
  • at Agriculture Industry Training Organization (Agr ITO)
  • July 2008

2009 Rural Staff Management Workshops Agriculture Industry Training Organization (Agr ITO) • Develop high-performing teams • Manage employee performance 2008 National Certificate in Poultry Management Level 4 Agriculture Industry Training Organization (Agr ITO) 2007 Tractor Operation Vertical Horizonz (with Competent Kiwi), New Zealand 2007 Certificate in Chemical Handling Inferno Consultants, New Zealand 2007 National Certificate in Poultry Husbandry Level 3 in Egg Production Agriculture Industry Training Organization (Agr ITO) 2006 Managing Your Team For Success Course EMA Learning, New Zealand 2006 Stepping Up To Lead Course EMA Learning, New Zealand 2006 Workplace First Aid Course St John, New Zealand

Master's degree, Animal production
  • at University of Jordan
  • September 2001

I enjoy using my variety of skills to assist and benefit others. I am highly self-motivated; I work effectively by myself and also enjoy working in a positive team environment. I am a person who is able to work well within a team environment, with individuals and also alone. I am a responsible, capable and versatile person. I possess good communication skills, relate well to all people and have a good sense of humour. I am a quick learner, and committed to ongoing learning and am keen to add to my professional skills and knowledge base. I really enjoy a good challenge and job satisfaction. I believe I have the insight, flexibility and practical experience needed for this position. I have the ability to adapt to new situations with the minimum of supervision. I especially enjoy helping and supporting people to get the best out of life. My goal is to improve myself and my work place and support my followers.

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor Degree in Agriculture Science – Specialising in Animal Production
  • at Jordan University of Sciences & Technology
  • July 1997

Bachelor Degree in Agriculture Science – Specialising in Animal Production Jordan University of Sciences & Technology, Jordan

Specialties & Skills

Production
English
Leadership and Team building and Management
Inter-cultural
Animal Production (Thesis)
Report Writing
Business Management (Diploma)
Project Planning and Control
Budgets
Operations Management
Performance Management
Organisation & Management
Client Services
Innovate Problem Solving
Computer Technology (Advanced)
Strategic Planning and Development
Communication Skills

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

World poultry Science Association
  • Member
  • April 2008

Training and Certifications

Leadership Workshop (Dealing with Harassment and Workplace Bullying) (Training)
Training Institute:
Wave Organization, New Zealand
Date Attended:
August 2012
Duration:
8 hours
Toastmasters Speechcraft Course (Training)
Training Institute:
New Plymouth Toastmasters Club, New Plymouth
Date Attended:
July 2013
Duration:
16 hours

Hobbies

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