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Job Details

Apiary Technician

Employer

Worker Bee Honey Company

Date Posted

October 31, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Rosedale, BC
    Boyle, AB
  • Earnings $18.20 hourly
  • Work Hours 40 to 70 hours per week
  • Position Seasonal Full Time
  • Vacancies 6  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Nov 14, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Worker Bee Honey Company

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Dusty
  • Hot
  • Wet/damp
  • Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Staff accommodation provided
  • Remote location
  • Relocation costs covered by employer
  • Willing to relocate
  • Various locations

Tasks

  • Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
  • Write daily basic progress reports
  • Supervisory Experience
  • Interac with bees based on your knowledge of their biology, behaviour, ecology and caste system

Apiary and honey harvesting experience

  • Apiary management
  • Harvesting honey
  • Honey farm

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Farm truck
  • Forklift

Security and safety

Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

  • Vehicle supplied by employer
  • Willing to travel regularly
  • Willing to travel for extended periods
  • Valid driver's licence
  • Drive manual transmission vehicle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • 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
  • Overtime required
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Apiary Technician is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

General Farm Workers
METHODICAL

Interest in comparing information to examine produce for quality and prepare for market, to feed and tend livestock and poultry, and to clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens; and to set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

OBJECTIVE

Interest in driving - operating and maintaining farm machinery and equipment

innovative

Interest in detecting disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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