About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work site environment: Outdoors. Hot. All weather conditions. Dirty. Work setting: Rural area. Staff accommodation available. Tasks: Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment. Work with honey bees. Harvest crops. Maintain quality control and production records. Perform general farm duties. Interac with bees based on your knowledge of their biology, behaviour, ecology and caste system. 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 . Automated honey extractor. Apiary management. Harvesting honey. Honey farm. Transportation/travel information: Valid driver's licence. 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. Hand-eye co-ordination. Ability to distinguish between colours. Standing for extended periods. Bending, crouching, kneeling. Personal suitability: Excellent oral communication. Team player. Efficient interpersonal skills. Flexibility. Quick learner. Screening questions: Do you have experience working in this field?. Employment terms options: Evening. Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years. Employment terms options: Night. Day. Weekend. Other benefits: On-site housing options. Support for newcomers and refugees: Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition. Support for youths: Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth. Support for Indigenous people: Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers . Supports for visible minorities: Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).