About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work site environment: Outdoors. Hot. Odours. Wet/damp. Cold/refrigerated. Work setting: Rural area. Remote location.
Tasks
- Diagnose livestock health issues.
- Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment.
- Monitoring animal health.
- Work with honey bees.
- Harvest crops.
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
- Maintain work records and logs.
- Write daily basic progress reports.
- Operate forklift.
- Interac with bees based on your knowledge of their biology, behaviour, ecology and caste system.
- 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. . Treat bees with antibiotics . Automated honey extractor.
- Apiary management.
- Harvesting honey.
- Honey farm.
- Transportation/travel information: Valid driver's licence.
- Drive manual transmission vehicle.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Ability to work independently.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Attention to detail.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Walking.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Personal suitability: Organized.
- Team player.
- Screening questions: Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Government programs: Recognized employer.
- Employment terms options: Evening.
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years.
- Employment terms options: Morning.
- Day.
- Weekend.
Overtime required.