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Duties will include spring feeding, hive maintenance, commercial queen production, supering hives, harvesting honey, extraction of honey, fall feeding, wrapping hives for winter, yard maintenance, equipment repair and building. Experience and having a drivers license an asset. Physical strength requiring heavy lifting and endurance needed for working long hours.Minimum 40 hours a week, must be able to work weekends and holidays.
Essential Skills
- Oral communication
- Working with others
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Not applicable
Specific Skills
- Apiary Work
Type of Equipment
- Lift truck
- Farm truck
Type of Farm Operations
- Beekeeping
Work Location Information
- Staff accommodation available
- Rural community
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Type of Automated Systems Experience
- Automated honey extractor
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors