Apiary Technician

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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

Employment terms options

• Morning
• Night
• On call
• Day
• Weekend
• Overtime available

Other benefits

• On
• site housing options