Apiary technician

Hoetmer Honey Company Inc.

$16.00 to $18.00 hourly for 40 to 60 hours per week

Overview

Languages

English

Education

  • No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • At heights
  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Dusty
  • Hot

Work setting

  • Staff accommodation available
  • Rural area

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Monitoring animal health
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Apiary work
  • Write daily basic progress reports

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

  • First Aid Certificate

Experience and specialization

Apiary and honey harvesting experience

  • Apiary management
  • Detection and treatment of bee diseases
  • Harvesting honey
  • Honey bees
  • Honey farm
  • Knowledge of bee biology

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Farm truck
  • Lift truck

Automated systems experience

  • Automated honey extractor

Additional information

Security and safety

  • Driving record check (abstract)

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Sitting
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Overtime required

Personal suitability

  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Team player

Benefits

Financial benefits

  • As per collective agreement

Other benefits

  • On-site housing options

Screening questions

  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

To apply for this job email your details to hoetmerhoney@gmail.com

Only apply to this job if:

  • You are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada.
  • You have a valid Canadian work permit.
  • If you are not authorized to work in Canada, do not apply. The employer will not respond to your application.



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