apiary technician
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work site environment:
Outdoors. Dusty. Hot. Noisy. Odours. Wet/damp. Dirty.
Work setting:
Staff accommodation available.
Tasks:
- Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment.
- Harvest crops.
- Interac with bees based on your knowledge of their biology, behaviour, ecology and caste system.
Apiary and honey harvesting experience:
- Detect bee diseases .
- Manage bee colonies for the production of honey and pollination purposes. .
- Manage the overall operations of a bee farm.
- Oversee the honey extraction.
- Treat bees with antibiotics .
- Automated honey extractor.
- Apiary management.
- Harvesting honey.
- Honey farm.
Equipment and machinery experience:
- Farm truck.
- Forklift.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fast-paced environment.
- Work under pressure.
- Tight deadlines.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Attention to detail.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Ability to distinguish between colours.
- Sound discrimination.
- Sitting.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Walking.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
Personal suitability:
- Excellent oral communication.
- Organized.
- Team player.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility.
- Judgement.
Screening questions:
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.
Employment terms options:
- Early morning.
Government programs:
Recognized employer.
Employment terms options:
- Evening.
- Flexible hours.
- Morning.
Experience:
5 years or more.
Employment terms options:
- Night.
- On call.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime available.
Other benefits:
On-site housing options.