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Job Details

Apiary Technician

Employer

Miedema Honey Farm inc.

Date Posted

November 28, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Barrhead, AB
  • Earnings $15.50 to $22.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 30 to 60 hours per week
  • Position Seasonal Full Time
  • Vacancies 20  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Dec 12, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Miedema Honey Farm inc.

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Hot

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Staff accommodation available

Tasks

  • Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
  • Interac with bees based on your knowledge of their biology, behaviour, ecology and caste system

Apiary and honey harvesting experience

  • Automated honey extractor
  • Apiary management
  • Harvesting honey
  • Honey farm

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
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

  • Organized
  • Team player

Government programs

Recognized employer

Experience

2 years to less than 3 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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Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

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