Overview

Languages

English

Education

- No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

On the road

Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.

Work setting

- Remote location
- Rural area

Responsibilities

Tasks

- Decide on best techniques to maximize extracted honey production
- Interac with bees based on your knowledge of their biology, behaviour, ecology and caste system
- Work with honey bees
- Recruit, hire and supervise staff and/or volunteers

Supervision

- 16-20 people

Experience and specialization

Apiary and honey harvesting experience

- Apiary management
- Detect bee diseases
- Extract honey manually
- Manage bee colonies for the production of honey and pollination purposes.
- Treat bees with antibiotics




- Queen bee production from grafting

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

- Drive manual transmission vehicle
- Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

- Attention to detail
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Fast-paced environment
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Manual dexterity
- Physically demanding
- Standing for extended periods
- Tight deadlines
- Work under pressure

Personal suitability

- Productive interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player

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