apiary worker
About the company
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) .
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition.
- Does not require Canadian work experience.
Your tasks
- Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment.
- Harvest crops.
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed.
- Maintain quality control and production records.
- Perform general farm duties.
Requirements
Education No degree, certificate or diploma.
Apiary and honey harvesting experience
- Harvesting honey.
- Honey farm.
Equipment and machinery experience
- Farm truck.
- Hand tools.
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.
- Large workload.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Walking.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
Personal suitability
- Team player.
- Flexibility.
- Reliability.
- Quick learner.
Screening questions Do you have experience working in this field?.
Experience an asset.
What we offer
Financial benefits
- Bonus.
Support for youths Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
Support for Veterans Offers flexible onboarding options to allow Veterans to gradually adapt to the civilian workplace (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities, etc.) .
Other
Work site environment
- Outdoors.
- Hot.
- Noisy.
- Odours.
- Wet/damp.
- All weather conditions.
- Dirty.
Work setting
- Rural area.
- Remote location.
- Relocation costs not covered by employer.
Employment terms options
- Early morning.
- Evening.
- Morning.
- Night.
- On call.
Employment terms options
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime required.