Bee Keeper Helper And Farm Laborer

Job description

All other duties assigned under this order will be those duties of Farm Workers and Laborer Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse, under the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics Standard.

The lifting requirement for this position is 70 pounds.

Beekeeping duties: split, medicate, and check bee health, harvest honey, pollinate, re-queen, etc.

General farm work, and farm field/shed sanitation duties include: trimming pasture and fields, painting and repairing farm buildings, digging ditches, light building repair and maintenance, and ag equipment and machinery used on the farm.

Irrigation duties include digging corrugates and setting siphon tubes and checking fields on a regular basis.

Must have 3 months of experience with commercial beekeeping. Workers may be stung by bees (must not be allergic to bees or insect stings).

Special Requirements

Full Growing Season Commitment: The job offered requires that the worker be available for work every day that work is available for the full period of employment. The worker agrees to be available for work and perform the assigned work for the assigned employer whenever work is available through the full period of employment.

Training: There will be a demonstration period to familiarize workers with job specifications and to demonstrate proper harvest methods and other crop-specific issues such as particular grading and or sizing.