apiary technician
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work site environment:
- Outdoors.
- Hot.
- Noisy.
- Odours.
- All weather conditions.
- Dirty.
Work setting:
- Rural area.
- Staff accommodation available.
Tasks:
- Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment.
- Work with honey bees.
Apiary and honey harvesting experience:
- Detect bee diseases .
- Harvest, extract and package honey and beeswax.
- Manage bee colonies for the production of honey and pollination purposes. .
- Oversee the honey extraction.
- Automated honey extractor.
- Harvesting honey.
- Honey farm.
Transportation/travel information:
- Own transportation.
- Valid driver's licence.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Ability to work independently.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Work under pressure.
- Tight deadlines.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Attention to detail.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Large workload.
- Sitting.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Walking.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
Personal suitability:
- Excellent oral communication.
- Organized.
- Team player.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility.
- Judgement.
- Reliability.
- Quick learner.
Screening questions:
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
Experience:
2 years to less than 3 years.
Employment terms options:
- Night.
- To be determined.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime required.
Other benefits:
On-site housing options.