Apiary Technician

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Noisy
• Wet/damp
• All weather conditions

Work setting

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation provided

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Monitoring animal health
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry

Experience and specialization

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

Additional information

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
• Sitting
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player
• Flexibility
• Judgement