article_snippet: Chick sexers' are paid £40,000 a year to spend Chick sexers' days with tens of thousands of fluffy chicks.
article_snippet: In 2013 the industry failed to recruit a single 'vent chick sexer' and asked for the job to be added to an official government list of occupations with staff shortages.
article_snippet: In southeast Asia a chick sexer is a high status job.
article_snippet: There are an estimated 100 to 150 chick sexers in the country but a shortage of 15 workers means the industry risks losing overseas clients.
article_snippet: But the Migration Management Committee, who advises the government on whether a job should be added to the shortage list, ruled that chick sexing should not be included.
article_snippet: When asked by MailOnline whether this could affect the number of jobseekers applying for jobs as chick sexers, Mr Large said it was not an issue that had been raised with them.
highlights_snippet: Sexers are paid £40,000 to determine whether chicks are male or female .
  