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1 actual catching, although they do have to be present when
2 the catching is taking place.
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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.
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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.
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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 -----
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Are we just enquiring or is there something
24 you want to put?
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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.
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31 Q. They would be?
32 A. They would.
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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.
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39 MR. MORRIS: Just how do they divide up the jobs?
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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.
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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.
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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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