Apiculture Technician

Description of Profession

An Apiculture Technician deals with breeding of bees for the production of i.e. honey, beeswax, Royal Jelly and other products. An Apiculture Technician applies rules of good practice while ensuring the quality of products, has the necessary financial and management expertise for the effective organization and profitability exploitation. An Apiculture Technician has the status of the farm manager and is established in agriculture as his/her main occupation.

No requirements.

Candidate obtains the certificate after passing the exam.

The certificate is valid for 10 years.

The certified professional obtains:

- Proof of professional qualifications
- Professional ID card, a globally work asset
- Self confidence

However it is worth noting that:

The European Accreditation Bodies have founded the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA), one of the main goals of which is to promote the international recognition of both the accreditation provided by its members and the accredited services by maintaining reliable multilateral agreements (MLAs). ESYD is one of the founding members of EA. Since March 2004, ESYD has become a signatory to the MLAs for Testing Laboratories, Calibration Laboratories and Inspection Bodies and since March 2005 for Certification Bodies for all provided services (persons, products, quality management systems, environmental management systems).

Through the co-operation between accreditation bodies at global level, accreditation recognition of MLAs signatories is expanded to most industrially developed countries, such as U.S.A., Canada, Japan, China, Australia etc.

ESYD regularly participates in the EA General Assemblies and in the meetings of the EA Committees for MLAs, Laboratories, Certification and Inspection Bodies. ESYD is a member of the International Laboratory Accreditation Collaboration – ILAC