apiary technician

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• Other miscellaneous crop farming
• Outdoors
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Wet/damp
• All weather conditions

Work setting

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation provided
• Remote location

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Maintain work records and logs
• Perform general farm duties
• Interac with bees based on your knowledge of their biology, behaviour, ecology and caste system

Supervision

• 3-4 people
• 1 to 2 people

Experience and specialization

Apiary and honey harvesting experience

• Detect bee diseases
• Harvest, extract and package honey and beeswax
• Treat bees with antibiotics
• Automated honey extractor
• Apiary management
• Harvesting honey
• Honey farm

Equipment and machinery experience

• Farm truck
• Forklift
• Hand tools

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Vehicle supplied by employer
• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Team player
• Flexibility

Benefits

Financial benefits

• Gasoline paid

Other benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer
• On-site housing options
• Transportation provided by employer