Job Order Details
 
Description

  Job Order #: 5218587 Posted: 19-Aug-2012  
  Job Title: FARM FOREMAN/WOMAN  
  Location: CUT KNIFE  
  Details: The successful candidate must have
experience with:
    * running single brood chamber hives
    * raising queens
    * monitoring for bee diseases

The successful candidate must be:
    * intelligent
    * reliable
    * motivated
    * able to work with hands (handy)
    * able to teach and direct others
    * safety conscious

The successful candidate must have a driver's license.

The job will include some or all of the following tasks sorted by season:

Spring
    * shoveling snow off hives
    * checking hives
    * unpacking hives
    * grafting queen cells

Summer
    * catching marking and caging queens
    * extracting and/or stripping honey
    * washing equipment
    * cleaning  honey house
    * loading and unloading trucks
    * scouting new bee yards

Fall
    * feeding hives
    * wrapping hives
    * storing equipment
    * fencing
    * tree planting

Other
    * shoveling snow over hives
    * manufacturing and assembling supers, frames
and other related wooden-ware
    *sorting brood and honey combs
    * repairing equipment
    * rendering wax
    * cleaning pollen
    * making pollen supplement
    * sanding and painting supers
    * cutting wood 		 
  Wage/Salary Info: $16.10/hour  
  # of Positions: 1  
  Employment Terms: Full Time  
  Employment Length: beginning March 1, 2013  
  Apply by Date: 01-Oct-2012  
 
Requirements

  Education: Completed at least some secondary school  
  Experience: 7-11 Months  
  Skills: Essential Skills
 - Job task planning and organizing
 - Critical thinking
 - Decision making
 - Problem solving
 - Working with others

Additional Skills
 - Maintain financial and production records

Specific Skills
 - Maintain Farm Machinery, Equipment And Buildings
 - Manage Overall Operation Of Farm

Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
 - Driver's licence

 
 
Application Information

  How to Apply: All interested people should provide a resume and cover letter. Applications and further inquiries may be directed to: Karen Pedersen Box 579 Cut Knife, SK S0M 0N0 Canada fax: (306) 398-3602 karen.pedersen@sasktel.net  
  Employer Name: Pedersen Apiaries  
  Employer Address: PO BOX 579, CUT KNIFE, SK, CANADA, S0M 0N0  
  Contact Name: Karen Pedersen  
  Contact Phone: (306)398-3633  
  Contact Fax: (306) 398-3602  
  Contact Email: karen.pedersen@sasktel.net  
  Employer Website: www.pedersenapiaries.ca