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Seasonal Employment available on commercial honey farm from April to October 2018.
Pay: $12.00/hour.
Work Includes:
- building and repairing equipment
- bee yard maintenance
- assessing and managing bee hives
- removal of honey from hives
- extracting honey
- assisting with nucleus colonies
- identifying and catching queens
- feeding bees
- preparing hives for winter
- cleaning and storing equipment
The ideal candidate should work well with others, be physically fit, able to lift heavy loads, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, pay careful attention to detail, and be willing to work long hours in all types of weather.
Essential Skills
- Numeracy
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Valid driver's licence
- Public transportation is not available
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Not required
Specific Skills
- Apiary Work
Type of Equipment
- Farm truck
Type of Farm Operations
- Beekeeping
Work Location Information
- Staff accommodation provided
- Rural community
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
- Sound discrimination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Type of Automated Systems Experience
- Automated honey extractor
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors
- Noisy
- Hot