Queen Bee Rearer
Passionate about bees? experience rearing Queen bees? Seven month fixed term contract September - March 2019.
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Company: HR Connect Ltd
Location: Waikato
Work type: Contract/Temp
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Phone: +64-6-723-2033
Fax: +64-3-376-8148
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Detail information about job Queen Bee Rearer. Terms and conditions vacancy
- Passionate about Queen Bees?
- Seven month fixed term contract
Our client a Waikato-based commercial producer of high quality queen cells and mated queens is looking for an experiencedQueen Rearer to fill a 7 month fixed term contract (September 2018 to March 2019).
To meet the requirements of this role, you must:
- Not be allergic to bees!
- Be interested, passionate and happy about bees
- Have a minimum of 2 Seasons commercial queen rearing experience
- Have a steady hand, a keen eye and patience for grafting larvae
- Experience with catching mated queens and hive maintenance
- Be physically fit and able to lift 20kg+
- Be available to work 7 days, including rostered weekends during the peak season
- Be confident working on farms and operating vehicles on farms
- Have good written and verbal communication skills
- Be a positive team player and willing to adapt to a changing environment
- Hold a current, clean NZ Driver’s licence
The key tasks of the role are:
- Grafting larvae
- Harvesting queen cells
- Catching mated queen bees
- Day to day operational support of bee activity including; Setting up and maintaining hives, disease prevention and monitoring
- All aspects of equipment maintenance and organisation
- Customer service for pickup of queen cells and packaging mated queens for delivery
- Assisting with honey collection and extraction if required
To apply for this role you must be able to legally work full-time in New Zealand. Please note our pre-employment process may include a drug and alcohol test and a Ministry of Justice check.
If you have great communication skills, a positive attitude and a good sense of humour you’ll fit right in with us! And if this role sounds like a bit of you, we’d love to see your cover letter and CV. Please apply via the link below.