This is a varied, hands-on position involving outdoor work at apiary sites across Victoria and New South Wales.
Key responsibilities
- Assisting with the management and maintenance of beehives
- Monitoring hive health and bee wellbeing
- Honey harvesting, extraction, processing and packaging
- Queen rearing and bee genetics
- Pest and disease monitoring and management
- Assisting with pollination work
- Loading, transporting and unloading hives and equipment
- Following HACCP, biosecurity and workplace safety procedures
- Cleaning and maintaining equipment, vehicles and work areas
- Camping and working away from home when required
About you
- Enjoy practical, physical work in the outdoors
- Be reliable, punctual and able to work well within a team
- Have a positive attitude and a genuine willingness to learn
- Be comfortable working closely with bees and have no known severe allergy to bee stings
- Be physically capable of safely lifting and moving hive boxes and equipment
- Be willing and able to camp and work away from home when required
- Hold a current driver's licence and have reliable transport
- Currently live in Australia, preferably in Victoria
- Heavy Rigid (HR) truck licence, or willingness to obtain one would be highly regarded
- Forklift licence would be highly regarded
About us
Collins Honey has been producing pure, fresh Australian honey since 1955. Based in Bendigo, we're a family-owned and operated business with a proud history, a robust connection to the land and an unwavering commitment to quality.
- Learn from experienced commercial beekeepers
- Receive practical training across all areas of beekeeping and honey production
- Work throughout some of Victoria and New South Wales' beautiful regional landscapes
- Join a supportive, down-to-earth family business
- Enjoy varied work where no two days are quite the same
- Receive competitive pay based on your skills and experience