CV Ref No. CV Reference No. - 100569

Farmers son, looking for a seasonal or potentially full time dependent on the job. Currently in New Zealand where Ive been for the last 3 years working for an Agricultural contractor.

Qualifications and Experience
Relevant qualifications

BTEC, BSc

Type of farming wanted

Mainly Arable, Mixed Farming

Other qualifications

NPORS machine operator (tractor)
Telehandler Certificate

Driving Licence

Full Car Licence

Equipment experience

Tractor, Combine, Baler, Ploughing, Drilling, Tracked Machine, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Other harvesters

Livestock experience

Beef, Pig, Sheep, Lambing, Calving, Poultry

Other equipment experience

Tractor ranging up to 350hp, Masseys, Case, New Holland and John Deere. An understanding of GPs system, Case and Green star.

Combines new Holland 8080 and Case axiflow 7240.

Cultivation experience, both primary and secondary experience using ploughs, subsoiler, discs, presses, power harrows and rolls.

Normal and precision drilling experiences. Been the drill operator for a contractor in NZ for 3 years, both normal drilling/ undersowing, pprecision drilling fodder beet and pervious experience drilling crops in the UK.

Have used a 12m sprayer in Nz but no tickets.

Grassland experience, operated rakes, tedders, single mowers, round balers, combi balers and loader wagons.

Trailer work, muck spreaders, low loader trailers transporting diggers and grain and bale carting.

Other livestock experience

- Family farm with poultry and a suckler herd, most work related to this done in some form - Sheep, lambing and basic duties with sheep i.e (drenching, underskin injections etc.)

Personal information
Sex

Male

Other Information

-

Age

26

Marital status

N/A

Nationality

United Kingdom

Where are you currently living?

Gloucester

First language

English

Do you have the right to work in the UK?

Yes

Other languages

-

Hobbies

Bmxing, downhill mountain biking and kayaking

Pen picture (Height, weight etc.)

6ft 2 and 78kg

Relevant health problems

N/A

Farming background

Farm, Livestock, Farmers son - Assisted with the free-range poultry unit, including grading of eggs, animal welfare and clear out which includes dissembling, washing and disinfecting the equipment inside the shed - Assisted with the welfare of a welsh black Suckler herd, included feeding, bedding down and assistant with calving - General tractor work, including muck carting, muckspreading, rolling, mowing and cultivations. August 2016 August 2017: Farm, Arable and Livestock Farm, Agricultural Worker - Responsible for carrying out arable operations - Responsible for grass land management, topping and hay making - Livestock duties included the assistants in the animal welfare of sheep August 2017 September 2021: Farm, Arable and Livestock Farm, Agricultural Worker - Assisted in all side of the farm which includes arable, sheep, turkeys and a semi-intensive pig unit - Tractor work included both arable and grassland work which includes; bale hauling and stacking; cultivations/ ground work; grain carting; fodder beet carting; topping; harrowing; rolling; mowing; tedding; raking and general tractor work Telehandler work included, grain store work (pushing up, loading dryer and lorries), unloading lorries (Fertilizer/feed/ seed), loading muck spreaders and trailers, mucking out, feeding of livestock (filling hoppers, beet chopper and ring feeders) General maintenance including concreting, fencing, cleaning grains stores/ bins and gutter maintenance - Serviced machinery and undertook repairs and maintenance work - Sheep enterprise, assisted with flock health, scanning, lambing, shearing, sorting fat lambs, feeding and bedding down - Pig enterprise, assisted with loading pigs for market, weaning, sorting pigs, feeding and bedding down - Turkey enterprise, assisted with rafter health, feeding, bedding down, plucking and dressing turkeys July 2022 - May 2023: Agricultural Services Company, Machine operator - Assisted in all 3 aspects of the contracting business, amenity work, agricultural work and earthworks work, driving 360 diggers and tractors, ranging from 100hp to 250hp - Work included hedge cutting, topping, mowing, scarifying, cultivations, raking, rolling, muck spreading, moving and loading 6 to 16ton diggers, compost carting (14/16 ton silage trailers), water browser worker etc. - Telehandler work, loading 4 string bales and loading trailers/ muck spreaders.

July 2023-October 2023: (Arable Farm) Job consisted of grain carting, primary/secondary cultivation and relief combine operator. Driving a JD 215r, Case 240 puma, merlo telehandler and a case 7240 combine. Job consisted mainly of grain carting, ploughing, discing and pressing and drilling winter wheat.

November 2023- May 2024: agricultural contractor in New Zealand, job consisted of raking for loader wagons and balers, tedding, muck spreading, fertiliser spinning and drilling with a Duncan DD30 and a roller drill and workshop maintenance.

June 2024-October 2024: Combine/ arable operators:

Operating a Case 7240 axiflow. Harvesting 1500 acres of winter wheat alongside secondary and primary cultivations, ploughing, lower harrowing and discing.

October 2024- Present: agricultural contractor NZ. Grass contractor in New Zealand, in the grass season I drove a Goweil G-1 combo baler and relief driver/ third driver of a lely loader wagon. Other role was drill man operating a Duncan DD30 drill and a 6 row precision planter for fodder beet.

Other jobs included muck spreading, raking, tedding, powerharrowing, scooping, fert spinning and discing. Workshop and welding.

Preferences
Availability

Start: 14/06/2026 Finish: Not Specified

Preferred region

South & South East

Type of job

Any

Where would you like to work?

Preferably Reading/ Berkshire, but willing to look at other options

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