apiary worker

Work site environment

• Fruit and vegetable combination farming
• Livestock combination farming
• Organic farming
• Other miscellaneous animal farming
• Other miscellaneous crop farming
• Outdoors
• Dusty
• Hot
• Wet/damp
• Tree and orchard fruit
• All weather conditions

Work setting

• Rural area
• Relocation costs not covered by employer

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clear fields of wood and stones
• Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
• Maintain work records and logs
• Budding trees
• Clean the crops
• Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
• Soil fertility programs
• Interac with bees based on your knowledge of their biology, behaviour, ecology and caste system

Experience and specialization

Apiary and honey harvesting experience

• Harvesting honey
• Apiary management
• Honey farm

Equipment and machinery experience

• Tractor
• Farm truck
• Loader
• Skidsteer
• Forklift
• Hand tools

Specialization or experience

• Green economy sector
• Specialized environmental skills and knowledge

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Public transportation is not available
• Own transportation
• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Large workload
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Excellent oral communication
• Organized
• Team player
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Quick learner

Benefits

Financial benefits

• Gasoline paid
• Mileage paid

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Learning/training paid by employer
• On-site amenities
• On-site housing options
• Other benefits
• Team building opportunities
• Transportation provided by employer
• Parking available