Apiary Technician

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Work setting

• Rural area
• Remote location
• Various locations

Tasks

• Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
• Work with honey bees
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Maintain work records and logs
• Write daily basic progress reports

Supervision

• 3
• 4 people

Apiary and honey harvesting experience

• Detect bee diseases
• Extract honey manually
• Harvest, extract and package honey and beeswax
• 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

Equipment and machinery experience

• Tractor

Specialization or experience

• Specialized environmental skills and knowledge

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation

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
• Hand
• eye co
• ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Sound discrimination
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Organized
• Team player
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Quick learner

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

Employment terms options

• Morning
• Day
• Weekend

Workplace information

• On the road job

Support for youths

• Offers on
• the
• job training tailored to youth

Support for mature workers

• Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers