Undergraduate Employee – K-State Meat Lab

• Opportunities:
  • Gain experience working in a federally-inspected food processing facility
  • Gain experience in livestock processing, fabrication, and harvest
  • Learn and apply proper food processing facility sanitation procedures
  • Learn USDA regulations regarding meat safety and wholesomeness
  • Gain hands-on experience with HACCP and gain valuable, sought-after skills regarding critical control point monitoring and validation
  • Learn anatomy and major muscle groups of all major species as well as the value of each
  • Gain customer service experience in meat sales
  • Work in meat marketing for sales of meat directly to the public
  • Gain an understanding of meat labeling regulations and guidelines - Help be prepared for a wide variety of careers including those in – meat processing, livestock production, marketing, sales, food inspection, graduate school, animal health, and veterinary medicine.
  • Hours per week: Up to 30 per week available
  • May include weekend and/or holiday work: No
  • Start date: August 1
  • Eligible for work-study: Yes

For more information or to apply contact – John Wolf, Meat Lab Manager, or 785-532-1279

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Applied Swine Nutrition Team Undergraduate Student Employee

• • General Responsibilities: Undergraduate students will assist swine-focused graduate students with their research projects. Work will occur at the swine research facilities, in the swine lab, and/or other locations where graduate students are conducting research trials.
    • Data collection
    • Analysis of swine related research projects.
    • Activities associated with securing optimum health and wellbeing of pigs (feeding, watering, pig treatments, barn sanitation, etc).
  • Hours per week: Up to 20 per week available
  • May include weekend and/or holiday work: Yes
  • Start date: Negotiable
  • Eligible for work-study: Yes

For more information or to apply contact – Katelyn Gaffield, or 815-592-5189

For more information on employment opportunities contact – Cole Ellis, or 785-532-1287.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

• • General Responsibilities: Daily care of livestock, maintaining and improving infrastructure, and range pasture restoration.
  • Hours per week: 30 hours per week
  • May include weekend and/or holiday work: Yes
  • Start date: Start of any University pay period
  • Eligible for work-study: Yes

For more information or to apply contact – Jack Lemmon, or 785-569-1407

Please include a current resume highlighting your animal and/or agriculture industry experience, and your current class schedule.

Undergraduate Employee

The K-State Dairy Teaching and Research Center is hiring students for the spring semester. Students will be responsible for helping with routine dairy activities, including milking cows, feeding calves, cleaning pens, and other general herd care. Help is particularly needed on Mon, Wed, and Friday mornings. Students should be able to work over spring break.

Interested students should contact Matt Schapeler, KSU Dairy Farm Manager, at mschapeler@ksu.edu.

• General Responsibilities: Dairy Teaching and Research Center student employees assist with milking cows, feeding calves, cleaning pens, and other general herd care.
• Hours per week: 30-40 per week available
• May include weekend and/or holiday work: Yes
• Start date: Start of any University pay period
• Eligible for work-study: Yes

The dairy is also looking for students with extensive equipment experience (tractors, skid loaders).

For more information or to apply contact – Matt Schapeler, K-State Dairy Farm Manager

Please include a current resume highlighting your animal and/or agriculture industry experience, your summer class schedule if applicable, and any conflicts that may require time off (weddings, travel, etc.).

For more information on employment opportunities contact – Eli Sheppard, or 785-410-0851.

For more information on employment opportunities contact – Sterling Buist, or 785-313-3323.

The K-State feedlot is looking for undergraduate employees to assist in the deconstruction of the facility as we work towards the rebuild of a modern feedlot.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the deconstruction and cleaning of pens and barns at the feedlot
  • Proficient skid steer skills a plus or willingness to learn
• Perform general maintenance and upkeep of equipment and facilities
• Occasional cattle handling to assist researchers in processing and collecting data on cattle at the feedlot intake center
• Assist in feed batching and delivery

Hours per week: 15-30 per week available

May include weekend and/or holiday work: Yes

Start date: Start of any University pay period

Eligible for work-study: Yes

Please contact Tim Kessen at tkessen@ksu.edu

Please include a current resume highlighting your animal, equipment, and general agricultural experience your current class schedule, and the number of desired hours to work weekly.

For more information on employment opportunities contact – Scott Beyer

For more information on employment opportunities contact – Christian Magana

For more information or to apply contact – Dr. Payton Dahmer and/or Kristen Kahler

For more information or to apply contact – Mark Nelson

Please include a current resume highlighting your animal and/or agriculture industry experience, and your current class schedule.