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Apiary Technician
Employer
Hoetmer Honey Company Inc.Date Posted
November 18, 2024Languages
English-
Location Rochester, AB
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Earnings $17.00 to $22.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 40 to 60 hours per week
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Position Seasonal Full Time
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Vacancies 10  Vacancies
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Closing Date Dec 18, 2024
Employer
Hoetmer Honey Company Inc.
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
Work setting
- Rural area
- Staff accommodation available
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
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
First Aid Certificate
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
- Treat bees with antibiotics
- Automated honey extractor
- Apiary management
- Harvesting honey
- Honey farm
Equipment and machinery experience
- Farm truck
- Forklift
Security and safety
Driving record check (abstract)
Transportation/travel information
- 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
- Overtime required
- 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
Screening questions
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Government programs
Recognized employer
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- On-site housing options
- Parking available
Important notice: This job posting has been provided by an external employer.The Government of Alberta and the Government of Canada are not responsible for the accuracy, authenticity or reliability of the content.
Interest Codes
- METHODICAL
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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
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Interest in driving - operating and maintaining farm machinery and equipment
- innovative
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Interest in detecting disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
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