Day 091 - 17 Feb 95 - Page 58


     
     1        actual catching, although they do have to be present when
     2        the catching is taking place.
     3
     4   Q.   That list you went through, was that the complete list of
     5        what the stockmen's duties are?
     6        A.  We do have a standard job description for stockmen and
     7        farmers which, I think, we have disclosed but I think
     8        I have listed the main priorities.
     9
    10   Q.   What are the duties of the assistant manager?
    11        A.  The assistant manager, his duty is to help the manager
    12        to run the farm.
    13
    14   Q.   So what would that involve, what part of the day-to-day
    15        work, as opposed to paper work and things like that, what
    16        part of that would they be involved in?
    17        A.  Well, they usually take responsibility for one or two
    18        sheds each, the manager, the assistant manager and the
    19        stockmen, and they have to walk the sheds, make adjustments
    20        to the feeders, drinkers, pick up any mortality, make
    21        adjustments to the environment, keep records -----
    22
    23   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Are we just enquiring or is there something
    24        you want to put?
    25
    26   MS. STEEL:  No, it is for a point.  So the manager and the
    27        assistant manager would also be doing those things on a
    28        day-to-day basis are you saying?
    29        A.  Yes, they would.
    30
    31   Q.   They would be?
    32        A.  They would.
    33
    34   Q.   Roughly, how many birds would each of those people be
    35        responsible for then?
    36        A.  I suppose, typically, one man would look after two
    37        sheds of birds, so probably about 50,000 birds each.
    38
    39   MR. MORRIS:  Just how do they divide up the jobs?
    40
    41   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If the mortality is five per cent in the
    42        course of six or seven weeks, then each one of them is
    43        going to clear away the bodies of about 2,500 birds which
    44        have either died or whose necks he has wrung; is that
    45        correct, is it?
    46        A.  That is correct.
    47
    48   MR. MORRIS:  So do they do that particular job equally or is
    49        that the stockman's responsibility or another supervisor?
    50        A.  No, they all do it equally.  It is just that the farm 
    51        manager, obviously, has responsibility for running the farm 
    52        in terms of ordering feed and doing administrative duties 
    53        like that, but he is still very much a stockman and very
    54        much involved with the day-to-day farm management.
    55
    56   Q.   When they do their walks through the sheds you said about
    57        three or four times a day or something, do they do that all
    58        together or is it the stockman who does that?
    59        A.  No, they all do that.
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