I am 52yrs old, I was born on a farm and have worked on Arable, dairy and beef farms most of my life. l have worked and managed herds from 60 up to 450 cows. and arable up to 12000 acres.
I am hard working and flexible. I pride myself on attention to detail.
NCA, City and Guilds
Mixed Farming
Chainsaw
Tractor Licence
Tractor, Combine, Ploughing, Drilling, PA1, PA2, Tracked Machine, Telehandler/Fork Lift, 360 Ticket, Fencing
Dairy, Beef, Pig, Calving, Poultry
Working on arable farms up to 12000acres, using equipment up to 650hp crawlers and 12mt drills and cultivators on ctf and Trimble.
36mt 8000lt self propelled sprayers, 360 excavators
Milking cows from 60-450 cows, managing 300 cows, herd health, stock rearing, foot trimming, heat detection, grassland management, computerised record keeping, calving, feeding.
Male
Willing to relocate
52
Yes
United Kingdom
Cornwall
English
Yes
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Family Dogs
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None
I was born and helped on a farm that housed rearing stock for a dairy farm and arable from a very early age.
March 2023 - present
Self employed Arable Farm - sprayer operator, combine driver and tractor driver, herdsman,
June 2020 - March 2023
12000 acres - Sprayer operator, Drill man, cultivations and moleing, hedge trimming, general tractor work. General estate duties.
Feb 2019 - June 2020
Sprayer operator.
General farm duties.
June 2018 - feb 2019
Sprayer operator, cultivation work, assisting with Beef herd and sheep.
2014 - 2018
Sprayer operator, cultivation work. Harvesting,
2012 - 2014
Dairy Farm Manager
300 cow dairy unit, calf rearing, calving, training staff, night checks, ordering feed and medical supplies, liasing with vets, foot trimmers, AI technicians, computerised record keeping, heat detection, grassland management. Responsible for all general tractor work and maintenance.
2011-2012
Senior Herdsman
Milking 450 Holstein fressians.
Calving, calf rearing, feeding, all main duties. Fencing
2007-2011 owner of lilacs landscaping. Designed and land scaped gardens, fencing, paving, gates, turfing, rockeries, ponds.
1997 - 2007
Working on the dairy farm looking after 150 cows, pasteurising milk for the distribution centre in the prison, foot trimming, record keeping, heat detection, Herd health.
Driving agricultural machinery
Herdsman on a 60 Jersey cow herd, responsible for the daily running of the Farm.
Herdsman on a 300 cow dairy unit, embrio transplanting show cows and general farm duties.
Oakland College of Agriculture
100 cow dairy unit, show cows, young stock and all general farming.
Start: 25/02/2024 Finish: Not Specified
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Permanent
Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire