I have been working in the agricultural sector for best part of my life doing all aspects from herd Heath and management field management to tractor work and various other task related to agriculture Heath and safety and man management I have also done in previous years landscape gardening and grounds maintenance with ride on mowers hedge cutters to steep embankment mowing motorways verges in past , having in last 3 years applied for two council farms and come runner up on both occasions I understand the facts and figures to managing a unit and how importantly is to stick within the figures as much as possible , I am so trained 15 years and have done most of my foot trimming in past but lot of time we use to have rountine trimming and I would take care of any day to day trimming that came up

WORK EXPERIENCE

November 2021-sept 22 dairy farmer

We had our own small dairy farm in Horsted keynes which we set up in 2021

April 2018 - 2021 herdmanager,Stoughton

365 day contract, manage a 200 block calving herd on m&s contract This has been a fantastic position one I have whole heartily enjoyed with a good herd of cows

June - sept Releif milking in devon

Farm manager/herd manager

********* farm Hooke

May 2016 -may 2017

My time at ********* farm was to undertake day to day running of 550 cow spring calving cross bred herd housed out side all year round only coming in prior to calving this was a very demanding position with cows grazing all year round fed 8kg through parlours which had two 20x40 swing over parlours side by side this way a very enjoyable position and was ran by myself and another headsman but due to tb and other factors the owners decided to put farm on market last year and subsequently sold Jan this year cows sold in April 2017

**********farms ltd - February 2015 to January 2016

Responsibilities

Day to day management of herd 350 organic dairy cows 3000ac farm over see field management ordering supplies staff training and rountine maintenance of all farm machinery milking parlour Maintance

Herd manager

********* farms ltd - Mappowder - February 2011 to January 2015

Responsibilities

Herd management on high input system 10000l average

My duties included milking twice a day and tmr feeding along with vet rountine

Accomplishments

Scc reduction bacto scan reduction from establishing milking rountine and cubicle management

EDUCATION

Nvq 1-2-3 in Agriculture

Reasheath collage - Nantwich

1996 to 1999