Our company is looking for an applicant who is keen to learn, be challenged, work hard, and grow with our business. Beekeeping duties include but are not limited to:
-Handling beehives
-Honey harvesting and extraction
-Honey packaging
-Management of colonies for disease/pests and overall health
The majority of the work involved will relate to beekeeping, however we are looking for applicants who can contribute further to the position and have skills and experience related to operations management; auto mechanics; carpentry and/or agriculture/breeding.
There is no prior beekeeping experience required, as all training will be provided on the job. The candidate must be physically fit and able to lift over 40 pounds frequently. The duties of the position will evolve over the course of the season and can be tailored to fit the skills and interests of the candidate. The candidate must be willing to be stung by bees regularly and ensure that they are not allergic to bee stings prior to accepting the position. This position comes with working during early hours of the morning or late at night for parts of the season but regular hours of 8am to 4pm is standard most days. All candidates must have a valid drivers license and access to transportation to get to our farm location (10 km north of Saskatoon city center), which is not accessible by public transit.
The candidate should own a pair of sturdy work boots.
Length of employment: June 1st to November 15th
Please submit a resume and brief cover letter to Andrew Guran at buzz@threeforagers.ca. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Writing
- Working with others
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Specific Skills
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Apiary Work
Type of Equipment
- Tractor
- Lift truck
- Farm truck
Type of Farm Operations
- Beekeeping
Work Location Information
- Remote location
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Type of Automated Systems Experience
- Automated honey extractor
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Hot
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