Assistant Farm Manager

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Work with honey bees
• Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings
• Manage overall operation of farm
• Maintain financial and production records
• Perform general farm duties
• Recruit, hire and supervise staff and/or volunteers

Supervision

• 3-4 people

Experience and specialization

Apiary and honey harvesting experience

• Apiary management
• Automated honey extractor
• Detect bee diseases
• Hypothesize possible causes and solutions to colony collapse disorder (CCD) based on knowledge of bee behaviour, biology and cast system
• Manage bee colonies for the production of honey and pollination purposes.
• Treat bees with antibiotics
• Queen bee production from grafting

Equipment and machinery experience

• Truck

Additional information

Security and safety

• Bondable
• Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Fast-paced environment
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Handling heavy loads
• Large workload
• Manual dexterity
• Physically demanding
• Standing for extended periods
• Tight deadlines
• Work under pressure

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Organized
• Team player