apiary worker

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

• Other miscellaneous crop farming
• Outdoors
• Noisy
• Odours
• Wet / damp

Work setting

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation provided
• Remote location

Tasks

• Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Maintain work records and logs
• Perform general farm duties
• Interac with bees based on your knowledge of their biology, behaviour, ecology and caste system

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Not required

Apiary and honey harvesting experience

• Harvesting honey
• Automated honey extractor
• Apiary management
• Honey farm

Equipment and machinery experience

• Farm truck
• Forklift
• Hand tools

Transportation / travel information

• Vehicle supplied by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Overtime required
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Team player
• Flexibility

Screening questions

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Are you available for the advertised start date?
• Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

Government programs

• Recognized employer

Experience

• 1 year to less than 2 years

Other benefits

• Learning / training paid by employer
• On-site housing options
• Transportation provided by employer