beekeeper

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

5 years or more

On the road

Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.

Asset languages

• Spanish

Work site environment

• Hot
• Outdoors

Work setting

• Rural area
• Relocation costs not covered by employer

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Decide on best techniques to maximize extracted honey production
• Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
• Manage feed inventory activities
• Work with honey bees
• Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings
• Maintain financial and production records
• Perform general farm duties

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people

Experience and specialization

Apiary and honey harvesting experience

• Apiary management
• Automated honey extractor
• Detect bee diseases
• Hypothesize possible causes and solutions to colony collapse disorder (CCD) based on knowledge of bee behaviour, biology and cast system
• Manage bee colonies for the production of honey and pollination purposes.
• Treat bees with antibiotics

Equipment and machinery experience

• Bulk handling system
• Tractor
• Truck

Additional information

Security and safety

• Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

• Drive manual transmission vehicle
• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Standing for extended periods

Personal suitability

• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Organized
• Team player