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This qualification describes the skills and knowledge of a honey bee (Apis) beekeeper, including the establishment of beehives and apiaries, the transport of live bees and the management of bees for honey production and/or provision of pollination services.
To achieve this qualification, competency must be demonstrated in:
Elective units must ensure the integrity of the qualification’s Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) alignment and contribute to a valid, industry-supported vocational outcome. The electives are to be chosen as follows:
Core Units
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Open and reassemble a beehive |
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Prepare and use a bee smoker |
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Assemble and maintain beekeeping components |
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Manage honey bee swarms |
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Manipulate honey bee brood |
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Re-queen a honey bee colony |
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Remove a honey crop from a hive |
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Transport bee hives by road to new apiary site |
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Extract honey |
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Manage pests and disease within a honey bee colony |
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Select and establish an apiary site |
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Contribute to workplace health and safety processes |
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Comply with industry quality assurance requirements |
Elective Units
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Collect and store propolis |
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Produce and harvest royal jelly |
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Trap and store pollen |
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Process raw wax into moulds |
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Perform queen bee artificial insemination |
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Provide bee pollination services |
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Rear queen bees |
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Apply biosecurity measures |
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Cost a project |
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Transport farm produce or bulk materials |
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Operate and maintain chainsaws |
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Establish an Australian native stingless bee colony |
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Recognise plants |
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Respond to emergencies |
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Coordinate work site activities |
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Handle bulk materials in a storage area |
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Undertake marketing activities |
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Operate a packaging process |
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Apply food safety procedures |
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Participate in a HACCP team |
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Operate and monitor a creamed honey manufacture process |
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Apply sampling procedures |
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Provide First Aid |
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Licence to operate a forklift truck |