Apiary Worker

Work Term: Seasonal
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 32 to 40 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: Experience an asset
**Work site environment**:

- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Organic farming
- Other miscellaneous animal farming
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Outdoors
- Dusty
- Hot
- Wet/damp
- Tree and orchard fruit
- All weather conditions
**Work setting**:

- Rural area
**Tasks**:

- Budding trees
- Clean the crops
- Clear fields of wood and stones
- Interac with bees based on your knowledge of their biology, behaviour, ecology and caste system
- Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
- Soil fertility programs
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
- Harvest crops
- Feed and tend animals
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
**Apiary and honey harvesting experience**:

- Apiary management
- Detection and treatment of bee diseases
- Harvesting honey
- Honey bees
- Honey farm
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Tractor
- Farm truck
- Loader
**Specialization or experience**:

- Green economy sector
- Specialized environmental skills and knowledge
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Valid driver's licence
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Personal suitability**:

- Team player
- Flexibility
**Screening questions**:

- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
**Green job**:

- Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
**Internship**:

- This position is a paid internship that encourages on-the-job training and skill development.
**Financial benefits**:

- Gasoline paid
- Mileage paid
**Other benefits**:

- Free parking available
- On-site amenities
- On-site housing options
- Team building opportunities
- Transportation provided by employer
- Parking available