Apiary Technician

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Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Hot
• Wet/damp

Work setting

• Rural area

Tasks

• Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment

Apiary and honey harvesting experience

• Detect bee diseases
• 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
• Automated honey extractor
• Harvesting honey
• Honey farm

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
• Large workload
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Sound discrimination
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player
• Judgement
• 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?

Employment terms options

• Early morning

Government programs

• Recognized employer

Employment terms options

• Evening

Employment terms options

• Morning
• Night
• Day
• Weekend

Financial benefits

• Bonus