ELECTRICAL APPRENTICESHIP

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

Plainwell, MI

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Candidate Testing, Electricity, Safety/Work Safety
LOCATION
Plainwell, MI
POSTED
7 days ago
Minimum Electrical Apprentice Qualifications:
  • Age- Must be over 18 years of age.
  • Education- High school diploma, General Educational Development (GED) or other high school equivalency credential required.
  • Physical- Must be physically capable of performing the essential functions of the apprenticeship program, with or without a reasonable accommodation, and without posing a direct threat to the health and safety of the individual or others.
  • Aptitude Test- All applicants must pass a skills test administered by JBS.
  • Schedule- Must be available to work on a 3 shift rotation, rotating every 6 months.
  • Review- Apprentices will be evaluated on 6 month intervals, if reviews are sub-par, employee will be evaluated on a monthly or, bi-monthly schedule. If evaluations continue to be below standard, the apprenticeship committee will then decide to keep the employee on or remove them from the apprenticeship.
  • Schooling- Schooling will be completed unpaid and off from working shift hours.  However, the classes themselves are paid for by JBS.
  • Length- The apprenticeship is governed by the State of Michigan requiring the individual to be a registered apprentice for 4 calendar years and accumulate 8,000 of on the job training. Including 576 hours of apprentice related instruction over four years, showing 150 hours/year of related instruction is required for apprentices as part of the application process for the exam.
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About the Company

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Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

Pilgrim's is the second-largest chicken producer in the world, with operations in the United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Our corporate headquarters is in Greeley, Colorado. We employ approximately 38,000 people and have the capacity to process more than 36 million birds per week for a total of more than 9.5 billion pounds of live chicken annually.Pilgrim's products are sold to foodservice, retail and frozen entrée customers. The company's primary distribution is through retailers, foodservice distributors and restaurants throughout the United States and Puerto Rico and in the Northern and Central regions of Mexico. We currently operate in 12 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and Mexico. These states include Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Pilgrim's Pride is a part of the JBS USA family. JBS S.A., the world's largest protein company, owns 75.5% of our outstanding common stock. Click here for more information on the JBS family of proteins.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Manufacturing - Other
FOUNDED
2009