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I live in Northamptonshire, I have grown up on a sheep farm, experience in arable dairy and beef farming. Prefer being around livestock but more then happy to get involved in busy times with tractor work.
City and Guilds, NVQ Level 1,2,3
Mainly Livestock
Tellehandler certificate
Vet medicines certificate
Level 2 apprenticeship agriculture
Level 3 diploma agriculture.
Milk sure training
AI
Full Car Licence
Tractor, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Fencing
Dairy, Beef, Sheep, Lambing, Calving
Milking
Autumn calving experience
All year round calving experince
Scraping
Fence repairs
Electric fencing
Tractor maintenance
Feeding
Scraping
Bale carting
Calving
Milking
General maintenance of machines
Cultivations
AI
Slurry tanking
Some foot trimming
Milked for around 6 years in total, both alone and in company. Enjoy milking and all other aspects of farming. Currently working on a 320 autumn calving unit with a 24/48 herringbone parlour. This role also involves bale carting in autumn and other aspects of machinery work when required, before this I spent some time on a beef and arable enterprise this also involved high standards of animal welfare and tractor work in the summer, in my current role I have been in charge of the main herd and antibiotic group of cows. Including taking charge of drying off and vet orders. I also lone worked on night checks during calving to insure there was no issues.
I became a main go to for issues on the farm such as machinery issues, parlour breakdowns and dry cows
Male
N/a
24
No
United Kingdom
Northamptonshire
English
Yes
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Enjoy hunting and other country pursuits
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No
Farm approx 2017-2019
Duties -
Milking AM and PM alone
Mastitis control
Calf rearing
Bedding up (by hand no machinery!)
Scraping up AM and PM
Tedding
Bail cart
TB testing
Topping
This role was as an apprenticeship due to my age, this was a level 2 diploma in agriculture at shuttleworth college, I stayed here before moving on to an arable farm for more tractor experience.
Farm - approx July 2019 - October/November 2019 ( harvest role)
Duties-
Corn cart
Grain store management
Cultivations
Rolling
Topping
Bale cart
Loader work (loading fertiliser and loading grain)
Tagging of calfs
TB testing
Night checks when calving
Emergency fencing
General maintenance of machinery.
Feeding cattle both alone and in a team
Yard maintaince
Farm ( made redundant due to farm closing) 2020-summer 2021
Duties -
Milking AM and PM with herdsman
Weekend milking on my own ( every other weekend)
Mastitis control
Calf rearing
Bedding up
Scraping up AM
Tedding
Bail cart
TB testing
Shadowing vet on visits
Administering medication
Mucking out
Although it was my intention to stay here long term I was made redundant when the owner passed away, i then left here and went back to previous farmersas a stop gap and ended up staying here until around May 2022 where I started at my current role
Certificates-
Veterinary medicines
Tellehandler
Level 2 diploma in agriculture
Level 3 apprenticeship agri
Currently working on a 320 cow dairy unit, autumn calving and high yielding herd. Involved in aspects of the farm including drying off and other aspects of dairy farming such as clamp management, drying off, calving, calf rearing, irrigation, scraping and feeding, bedding up both by hand, a teagle and spread a bale, I was in charge of dry cow management for our autumn calving block and the day to day running of the main heard and antibiotic red group.
Start: 01/03/2026 Finish: Not Specified
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Permanent
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