Vancouver Honey Ltd. is hiring
Apiary Manager with LMIA

Languages

• English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

• 3 years to less than 5 years

On the road

• Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.

Work setting

• Remote location
• Rural area

Tasks

• Decide on best techniques to maximize extracted honey production
• Interac with bees based on your knowledge of their biology, behaviour, ecology and caste system
• Work with honey bees
• Recruit, hire and supervise staff and/or volunteers

Supervision

• 16-20 people

Apiary and honey harvesting experience

• Apiary management
• Detect bee diseases
• Extract honey manually
• Manage bee colonies for the production of honey and pollination purposes.
• Treat bees with antibiotics
• Queen bee production from grafting

Transportation/travel information

• Drive manual transmission vehicle
• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Fast-paced environment
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Handling heavy loads
• Large workload
• Manual dexterity
• Physically demanding
• Standing for extended periods
• Tight deadlines
• Work under pressure

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Organized
• Team player