Description
Summary:
Join an established family beekeeping business involved in honey production, queen breeding, and crop pollination.
Highlights:
1. Opportunity to work in a well-established family beekeeping business
2. Engage in diverse beekeeping activities from production to pollination
3. Stable, full-time position that does not lay off staff in winter
Kintail Honey was started in 1947, it is an established family business. Kintail Honey produces, buys, packs, sells and markets honey, breeds queens and services a variety of crop pollination. We export live bees and queens. We are looking for a beekeeper to add to our team in Takapau, Central Hawkes Bay. We have a cozy double glazed three bedroomed family house to rent, close to a primary school.
If you have the following attributes please apply with your CV
• Team player
• Can do attitude and self-motivated
• Physically fit and healthy – manual heavy lifting is part of the job
• A passion, interest and sound knowledge in beekeeping with a minimum of three years’ experience.
• A full clean car license as a minimum – HT training may be given if required.
• AFB recognition course preferable (training is provided)
• Has an understanding of Health and Safety in the work place and is subject to random drug and alcohol test.
• The position is full time (42.5 hours per week) with additional hours due to seasonal demand – pollination, honey production etc.
• Wage as per experience
• The Kintail group of companies does NOT put off staff in the winter
• Southern Cross Healthcare Insurance
• Applicants must either reside in NZ , have NZ residency, or have a current transferable work visa, please do not apply otherwise.
• Send your CV to office@kintailhoney.co.nz