apiary technician

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Hot
• Noisy

Work setting

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation available
• Various locations

Tasks

• Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
• Monitoring animal health
• Work with honey bees
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment

Apiary and honey harvesting experience

• Harvest, extract and package honey and beeswax
• Apiary management
• Harvesting honey
• Honey farm

Transportation / travel information

• Willing to travel for extended periods

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Team player
• Flexibility

Screening questions

• Are you authorized to work in Canada?
• Do you have experience working in this field?
• Do you live near the job location?

Employment terms options

• Early morning

Government programs

• Recognized employer

Employment terms options

• Evening
• Morning

Employment terms options

• Night
• Day
• Weekend

Support for youths

• Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for youth

Support for mature workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination

Supports for visible minorities

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example : anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)