Apiary Technician

1246082 Alberta Ltd.

$17.00 to 22.00 hourly for 40 to 65 hours per week

Overview

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • or equivalent experience

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Work site environment

  • Other miscellaneous animal farming
  • Other miscellaneous crop farming
  • Outdoors
  • Wet/damp
  • Hot

Work setting

  • Staff accommodation available
  • Rural area

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Apiary work
  • Perform general farm duties
  • Maintain quality control and production records
  • Maintain work records and logs
  • Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
  • Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
  • Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed

Supervision

  • 1 to 2 people

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

Automated systems experience

  • Automated honey extractor

Additional information

Security and safety

  • Basic security clearance

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Work under pressure
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Overtime required
  • Large workload

Personal suitability

  • Flexibility
  • Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

Benefits

Financial benefits

  • Bonus

To apply for this job email your details to tntapi@mcsnet.ca

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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