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Apiary Technician
Employer
Nolte Apiaries LtdDate Posted
January 27, 2025Languages
English-
Location Westmor Landing, AB
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Earnings $17.44 to $24.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 30 to 50 hours per week
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Position Seasonal Full Time
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Vacancies 4  Vacancies
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Closing Date Feb 26, 2025
Employer
Nolte Apiaries Ltd
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
- Wet/damp
- Cold/refrigerated
- Livestock
- All weather conditions
- Dirty
Work setting
Rural area
Tasks
- Diagnose livestock health issues
- Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
- Work with honey bees
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
Apiary and honey harvesting experience
- Detect bee diseases
- Harvest, extract and package honey and beeswax
- Manage bee colonies for the production of honey and pollination purposes.
- Treat bees with antibiotics
Equipment and machinery experience
Farm truck
Transportation/travel information
Public transportation is not available
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
- Sitting
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Own tools/equipment
Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Team player
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Reliability
Experience
3 years to less than 5 years
Other benefits
Free parking available
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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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