Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
- Outdoors
Work setting
- Rural area
- Staff accommodation available
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Monitoring animal health
- Treat livestock health issues
- Work with honey bees
- Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
- Maintain work records and logs
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Perform general farm duties
- Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
- Interac with bees based on your knowledge of their biology, behaviour, ecology and caste system
Supervision
- 11-15 people
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- First Aid Certificate
Experience and specialization
Apiary and honey harvesting experience
- Apiary management
- Detect bee diseases
- Honey farm
- Manage a set of measures designed to protect a beekeeper’s honey bees from the entry and spread of pests
- Oversee the honey extraction
- Treat bees with antibiotics
- Automated honey extractor
- Harvesting honey