Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
Work setting
- Rural area
- Staff accommodation available
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
- Monitoring animal health
- Work with honey bees
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
- Maintain work records and logs
- Perform general farm duties
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Interac with bees based on your knowledge of their biology, behaviour, ecology and caste system
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- First Aid Certificate
Experience and specialization
Apiary and honey harvesting experience
- Detect bee diseases
- Extract honey manually
- Harvest, extract and package honey and beeswax
- Manage bee colonies for the production of honey and pollination purposes.
- Oversee the honey extraction
- Public transportation is not available
- Own transportation
- Valid driver's licence
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sitting
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Organized
- Team player
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
Benefits
Other perks
- Free parking available
- On-site housing options
- Parking available
📌 apiary technician (Rochester)
🏢 Hoetmer Honey Company
📍 Rochester
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