Apiary Technician

Work site environment

• Organic farming
• Outdoors
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• All weather conditions

Work setting

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation provided

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
• Organize tasks to accomplish the work
• Work with honey bees
• Harvest crops
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Perform general farm duties
• Interac with bees based on your knowledge of their biology, behaviour, ecology and caste system

Experience and specialization

Apiary and honey harvesting experience

• Detect bee diseases
• Extract honey manually
• 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
• Lift truck
• Loader
• Forklift
• Hand tools

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Medical exam
• Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

• Vehicle supplied by employer
• Willing to travel for extended periods
• 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
• Large workload
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Sound discrimination
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Excellent written communication
• Organized
• Team player
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Quick learner