Low Pay For Hazardous Work Assessment Answer

2.What information sources would be of most significance regarding jobs in a chicken-processing plant?
3.Are dirty, dangerous, and unpleasant jobs an inevitable part of any economy?

LOW PAY FOR HAZARDOUS WORK

Closing Case Q&A

Q.How relevant are the concepts of competencies to the jobs in a chicken-processing plant?

An easy definition of competencies is that there is something that you should be capable of doing well in a particular job role. Doing the job at a chicken processing plant is not an easy task. Due to work environment, health issues and the threats linked to it, everyone will not be ready and able to work in dirty, shiny and unsafe settings.
The workers who are working in the chicken processing plant are required to be experts in using knives, scissors and other machinery like cutters, etc. equipment, which they use to do their work. Approx. 90 Chickens per minute are moved on a chain for continuously nine hours, so workers need to be alert and they should be good at managing time also.
Working in a chicken processing plant need those workers who can work on the risk of their life and should be experienced and full of the patient to work in such a dangerous working environment. Although this job helps in providing the employment opportunity to those who are less literate and searching for a job. Out of 1 million people, this constitutes a workforce of around, a quarter. (pg. 113 in textbook)

Q.What information sources would be of most significance regarding jobs in a chicken-processing plant?

Some of the important sources for a job in a chicken processing plant are:

1.    Newspapers
2.    Flyers, pamphlets, and other print advertising.
3.    Sending pamphlets in newspapers or mailbox of homes.
4.    Chicken processing plants can use their own websites for job vacancies.
5.    Use of banners near or around the chicken processing plants.
6.    Radio stations and local cable operator can help in showing job vacancies
7.    Use of job portals like monster.com etc.
8.    Social media can be used for posting job vacancies like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn
9.    Job vacancies can be posted in trade journals like poultry and fisheries. (pg. 104 in textbook)
10.  They can also take part in job fests and camp.

Q.Are dirty, dangerous, and unpleasant jobs an inevitable part of any economy?

Yes, these type of jobs is an inevitable part of any economy. States like Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina, where chicken processing plant are contributing majorly to the economies, and demand of chicken processing plant is increasing because of the increase in the demand of chicken instead of other healthy foods. Since 1980, the number of a chicken processing plant in the United States has doubled.
People are ready to do this dangerous and dirty job because of the high unemployment rate and people are not following their educational background. These type of dangerous and dirty jobs are unavoidable because there is a requirement of trash removals or in sewers. Many people are not willing to do these types of job, but since they are required by State, they need those people who can fill these slots.
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