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Job Details

Apiary Worker

Employer

Tees Bees Inc.

Date Posted

November 11, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Tees, AB
  • Earnings $17.44 to $20.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 to 70 hours per week
  • Position Seasonal Full Time
  • Vacancies 9  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Dec 11, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Tees Bees Inc.

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Other miscellaneous crop farming
  • Outdoors
  • Hot
  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Wet/damp

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Staff accommodation provided
  • Remote location

Tasks

  • Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Maintain work records and logs
  • Perform general farm duties
  • Interac with bees based on your knowledge of their biology, behaviour, ecology and caste system

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

Not required

Apiary and honey harvesting experience

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

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Farm truck
  • Forklift
  • Hand tools

Transportation/travel information

Vehicle supplied by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Overtime required
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

  • Team player
  • Flexibility

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you available for the advertised start date?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

Government programs

Recognized employer

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Other benefits

  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • On-site housing options
  • Transportation provided by employer

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 & Abilities
The Apiary Worker 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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Abilities

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Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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