NVQ Level 1,2
Mainly Livestock
General engineering NVQ level 2
Full Car Licence, Tractor Licence
Tractor, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Fencing
Beef, Sheep, Lambing, Calving
Tractor/ telehandler - silage, straw bale moving, mucking out. Fencing - Using tension equipment. Use of stock boxes to transport sheep and cattle. Quad bike use.
Sheep Work: Management of all aspects of care of own flock of 300 sheep and assisted with family croft of 400 sheep both inbye and hill, breeds included Shetland, North Country Cheviots, Texels and Suffolks. Run own freelance shepherding business providing range of services.. Overall shearIng average 3000 sheep per annum, undertaking regular hill shepherding of sizeable areas. Undertake sheep gathering and moving, shearing, dipping, drenching, foot trimming, feeding, breeding, lambing. Experience of working as stockperson on organic farm with sheep and beef cattle, lambs and calves kept on and fattened. Undertook feeding, moving, bedding mucking out. Cattle experience on family croft small herd of 20 beef cattle, breeds included Shetlands, Charolais, Shorthorns, Aberdeen Angus and Herefords experience of calving, feeding, mucking out, gathering and moving.
Male
Have provided sheepdog training to others and sheepdog displays for events, tours as requested. I am a fit individual, hardworking, reliable and trustworthy. I have a keen interest in and enthusiasm for sheep and beef farming and want to continue developing my knowledge and expertise in this area. I am friendly, approachable and easy to get on with. I am able to work on my own initiative as well as part of a team. I can work in all weather conditions and for long hours.
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Partner
Scottish
Shetland
English
Yes
Nil
Compete at Sheepdog trials. Member of International Sheepdog Society. Enjoy crossword and Sudoku puzzles. Enjoy cooking.
Height 5ft 5inch, Weight 11 stone
Nil
Aug 1994- Jul 1996 - Apprentice General Engineer, Mid Yell, Yell. Shetland- Duties: general plant maintenance, machinery maintenance, welding and fabrication, ordering stores. Jul 1996 - Oct 2005 - Trainee Deckhand progressing to deckhand,Shetland Inter-island Ferries - Duties: assisting in; embarkation and disembarkation, berthing and mooring, fare collection and cashing up, housekeeping and cooking for crews. Oct 2005 - Present run own freelance shepherding business providing gathering, shearing,foot trimming, drenching, dipping. June 2018 - March 2019 Stock/Farm worker - SRUC, Craibstone,Aberdeen. All aspects cattle, sheep husbandry, tractor work.
Start: 01/11/2019 Finish: Not Specified
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