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Looking for cereal harvest work in the North Essex or South Suffolk area; mature, responsible applicant with harvest experience including some cultivation work and ploughing.
Since September 2023, I've been working on a pumpkin farm, doing tractor, telehandler and (5 & 14t) excavator work.
City and Guilds
Mainly Arable
Chainsaw- Crosscutting & Maintenance Felling Trees up to 180mm P/A1 P/A2 P/A4 P/A6 Cat 'H' (tracked vehicle) licence. Tracked 360' excavator experience, current certificate.
Telehandler.
Full Car Licence, Tractor Licence
Tractor, Ploughing, PA1, PA2, Tracked Machine, Telehandler/Fork Lift, 360 Ticket
Not listed
C&G Competency Certificates in; Tractor and Telehandler. Ten year's harvest experience in grain carting, hedge cutting and some ploughing/ cultivation work on 1000 acre arable unit in Essex. Category H driving licence obtained 2016, small amount of field experience on tracked machines. PA4 Slug pellet application certificate.
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Male
Not hugely experienced but keen and willing to learn.
61
Married; spouse will not require accommodation.
United Kingdom
Essex
English
Yes
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House building project. Game and rough shooting, deer stalking.
Male, white British, 6' tall, proportionate build, 14st. Reasonable level of fitness.
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Left school at 16, 'O' Level educated, straight into harvest working on a 1000 acre arable unit adjacent to my parent's home.
Following harvest 1980, briefly worked in a local plastics factory.
Three year's service as an infantry soldier from age 17.
Worked with the local Electricity Board for seven years, driving mini excavators and Ford backhoe loaders, laying cables and carrying out maintenance of the underground cable network.
Joined Essex Police aged 26 and served twenty eight years until retirement in 2018.
Commenced a self build house project in 2018, and once that reached a suitable stage, in September 2023, I began working on a pumpkin farm in Colchester. Whilst there, I operated John Deere & Fendt tractors, JCB & Manitou telehandlers, and 5 & 14 tonne excavators.
Start: 20/02/2026 Finish: Not Specified
East Anglia
Seasonal
North East Essex/ South Suffolk.
