This nationally recognised and accredited qualification is designed to give you the skills and knowledge you need to become a beekeeper. 

Through this training you'll gain skills in selecting and establishing an apiary site, how to use a bee smoker and manage honey bee swarms, and how to extract a honey crop from a hive. You’ll also learn how to:

• establish beehives and apiaries;
• manage bees and hives for honey production or pollination;
• transport live bees;
• construct and repair beehives;
• manage pests and disease within a honey bee colony;
• open and reassemble a beehive;
• re-queen a honey bee colony; and
• manipulate a honey bee brood.

You'll also learn about work health and safety processes relevant to the industry, and how to comply with industry quality assurance requirements.