Beekeeper
Employer: Olsen Honey Farms
Location: Albany, OR
Workers needed: 7
Pay: $15.55/hour
Season: Jan 20, 2027 – Oct 31, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Beekeeper will attend beehives, feed honeycomb and swap queen bee; help the colony to produce honey, propolis and bees. Clean honeycomb areas.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Workers will be provided housing with cooking facilities. Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so workers may prepare their own meals. Kitchens with fridge, stove, oven microwave and cooking and eating utensils. Employer will provide (on voluntary basis) transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries, weekly or as needed.
Transport: The employer will provide advance transportation for reasonable (most economical) common carrier or other transportation which conforms to the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) inbounds transportation (If it is the prevailing practice). If not the prevailing practice, the employer will reimburse the worker for transportation costs and subsistence to the employer’s work site when the worker completes 50% of the work period.
Experience wanted: 3 months
3 months experience required as beekeeper. Must bend, lift and sustain up to 50lbs, work under extreme weather conditions. No travel required outside Linn and Benton Counties. No on-the-job training available. When temperatures are above 80oF, if possible, we begin early the work in the field to avoid the high temperatures and perform indoors the work that can be done inside. If we are outdoors during high temperatures, we comply with OAR regulations, taking breaks in the shade regularly, and drinking water. We also provide the phone numbers they should call in case of an emergency, besides 911, and make available to them the OSHA information about the risk of heat and the symptoms and what to do in case of feeling sick.
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