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A self-sufficient individual looking for a new stockman venture to continue their career in Agriculture.
Not listed
Mainly Livestock
HNC + HND Agriculture, SRUC Oatridge College
Charleston Academy,
Inverness (Various Standard Grades, all level 4 & above including Maths & English)
Full Car Licence, Tractor Licence
Tractor, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Fencing
Beef, Sheep, Lambing, Calving
Clean Full UK Driving License
Full driving licence including B+E with own 4WD Ford Ranger
LANTRA Training JCB Telehandler, Tractor & Quad Bike
Proficient with farm machinery including bedder & feeder
• Most recently management of 1250 sheep (500 Scottish Black Faced Ewes and 750 Cross-bred ewes) and assisting with Pedigree Shorthorn and Highland cattle herds
• 15 + years experience in lambing, dosing, dysecting, gathering and general animal husbandry, including basic cattle duties (inc tractor work, bales, bedding, feeding etc)
• Own shearing run covering the Scottish Highlands & Islands with own three stand trailer, covering typically 7500 sheep per year over a 6-8 week period
Male
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29
Girlfriend is a self employed Farm Worker/Shepherdess who is happy to offer assistance when or if required. She is also available for Housekeeping and Childcare.
United Kingdom
Inverness
English
Yes
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Deer Management Grouse/Pheasant Beating Sheep & Gun Dog Training
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N/A
Contract Shepherd/General Farm Worker
2012 - Present
Covering flocks from 200 - 1600, with a variety of family farms to estates
Lambing independently and within teams both indoors and outdoors, with own working dogs
Gathering sheep on sporting estates across the Cairngorms & Highlands
Marking lambs, dosing, Dysecting, & dipping
General cattle husbandry, feeding, bedding, mucking out, handling for calving & TB Testing
Wild oat & potato roguing, carting grain
Fencing Operative
2019 - 2022
Erection of all fencing: Deer, Stock & Garden
Safe use and maintenance of Fencing Equipment
Concreting and levelling preparation for sheds
Shed erection
General awareness and understanding of Health & Safety protocols
General Farm Worker
New Zealand
2017 - 2018
Working holiday on cattle-stations and sheep farms
Opportunity to gain new experiences providing inspiration for new ideas for working livestock and dogs.
Insight into management of rotational and strip grazing, to maximise stock performance and profit from grass
Exposure to New Zealand Shearing methods to develop existing skills.
General Farm Worker
South Clunes
2002* - 2017
*Assisted from childhood age 8 16, into an employed position at age 16.
Assisting with all aspects of the Livestock Farming, including 1400 ewes
Hay and silage duties
In-house shearing of sheep
Start: 18/02/2024 Finish: Not Specified
Scotland
Permanent
Scotland
