CV Ref No. CV Reference No. - 19378
Harvest worker. Experienced with tractors and telehandlers. Based in Northumberland but willing to travel. Reliable, flexible.
Qualifications and Experience
Relevant qualifications

MSc, NCA, NDA, City and Guilds

Type of farming wanted

Mainly Arable

Other qualifications

ANCA in Lowland Sheep Production, College Diploma in Farm Management, MSc Sustainable Agriculture,Telescopic Loader.

Driving Licence

Full Car Licence, Tractor Licence

Equipment experience

Tractor, Ploughing, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Fencing

Livestock experience

Beef, Pig, Sheep, Lambing, Calving

Other equipment experience

Corn and straw carting. Ploughing and cultivations. Telehandler experience loading lorries, mucking out and stacking bales. Last 2 harvests involved 14tonne trailers and tractors ranging from 140-200hp. 2500 combined acres through a 35' header. Alot of work loader based- Manitou. Hedge cutting experience in the past.

Other livestock experience

Shepherded flocks up to 2500 ewes. Last permanent job involved full managerial responsibilities for 1000 ewes lambing three times a year providing lamb for own butchers shops. Have worked in hill and upland situations as well as lowland flock management. Was a contract lamber for several years with mainly repeat contracts.Willing to run a lambing set-up. Experience of night and outdoor lambing. I worked on the farm where I lambed for 4 years and was given the chance to run the shed; from fairly similar scanning numbers I was able to raise the true lambing % from approx' 165 to 189 while reducing the staffing level. In Norfolk was given a blank sheet of paper and set up a successful lambing operation which once again raised performance with reduced labour input; resulting in a lambing % over the three flocks of 175, bearing in mind some were lambing in January and May which resulted in reduced prolificacy and the ewes were of less prolific breeds. Beef rationing with Keenan wagon.

Personal information
Sex

Male

Other Information

Willing to work in any position within a large or small set-up. Not distracted by social media. Non-smoker.

Age

56

Marital status

Married, no children

Nationality

British

Where are you currently living?

Northumberland

First language

English

Do you have the right to work in the UK?

Yes

Other languages

-

Hobbies

Scuba diving. Sailing. Hill walking

Pen picture (Height, weight etc.)

1.65 metre. 70kg

Relevant health problems

none

Farming background

I have over 20 years experience of working within a broad spectrum of mixed farming environments working predominantly with livestock but regularly involved in harvest tasks. Brought up on an arable family farm in Lincolnshire. Experience has ranged from small family farms to large estates in various locations in the UK. I have often had to work independently using my initiative in order to deliver results. Often have had to do stock tasks before joining in the harvest team each day. Work has involved corn store management. Previous employer shifting to full-time staff rather than seasonal.

Preferences
Availability

Start: 01/07/2018 Finish: Not Specified

Preferred region

South West

Type of job

Seasonal

Where would you like to work?

Anywhere

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