Job Position: Farm Livestock Hand
Company: Sterling Kershaw Co
Expected salary: A$55000 – 77000 per year
Location: Hume, ACT
Farm Livestock Hand Job Details:
We are currently seeking a beekeeper with a range of experience to join our family team at Sterling Kershaw & Co. The position will be based at Gundaroo in NSW (located 20 minutes from Canberra 45 minutes from Goulburn).
The permanent position will involve all aspects of beekeeping. Based on a 38 hour week, night shifts and weekend work may be required during the season.
The role could involve about 50% field work camping in various areas of NSW and 50% farm/ shed/ maintenance work. Work extremely varied and interesting.
Candidate with a HC Licence and be experienced in long distance driving. Ability to use skid steer loads is also an advantage.
Pay rate – Pastoral Award – Farm & Livestock Hand | $55,000 – $70,000
To be successful in the role you will:
- Have knowledge of general beekeeping
- Be able to work flexible hours, in varying conditions, including outdoor and away from home
- Manual lifting required.
- Not be allergic to honeybees
- Have a current drivers licence
- Work as part of a team
The specific roles are varied and will include:
- Breeding of queen bees and maintaining healthy bee population
- Knowing ideal conditions for maintaining good health of beehives
- Identify pest & diseases.
- Beehive care, management and maintenance
- Bee removal
- Shifting of beehives including delivery and pickup
- Honey removal from hives
- Assisting in honey extracting shed
- Cleaning of extracting room
- Wood work; repair of hives
- Programming and planning for all aspects of beekeeping and hive removal
- Maintain knowledge of beekeeping
- General labouring
- Farm work – merino sheep, fat lambs and cattle
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