apiary technician
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work site environment:
- Outdoors.
- At heights.
- Dusty.
- Hot.
- Noisy.
- Odours.
- Work setting: Rural area.
- Staff accommodation available.
- Willing to relocate.
- Various locations.
Tasks:
- Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment.
- Monitoring animal health.
- Feed and tend animals.
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry.
- Interac with bees based on your knowledge of their biology, behaviour, ecology and caste system.
Apiary and honey harvesting experience:
- Automated honey extractor.
- Apiary management.
- Harvesting honey.
- Honey farm.
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.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Ability to distinguish between colours.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Walking.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
Personal suitability:
- Organized.
- Team player.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility.
Screening questions:
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
Employment terms options:
- Early morning.
Government programs:
- Recognized employer.
Employment terms options:
- Evening.
Experience:
3 years to less than 5 years.
Employment terms options:
- Morning.
- Night.
- Day.
- Weekend.
Support for newcomers and refugees:
Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) .
Supports for visible minorities:
Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).