Semi skilled agri mechanic that has been out of the trade for a few years is looking for an opportunity to get back into farming, Don't mind a varied role, part dealer/contractor & a bit of on farm work tractor driving etc. Have my NPORS telehandler ticket Full UK driving licence, can MIG weld
NVQ Level 1,2,3
Mainly Arable, Mixed Farming, Other
Trailer licence
NPORS telehandler ticket
Level 3 in Agricultural engineering
Full Car Licence, Tractor Licence
Tractor, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Other harvesters
Beef, Sheep
Driving tractors, telehandlers, etc at dealerships Operating diggers & plant machinery
Worked on a mixed stock farm in Scotland for a few months whilst I was studying Agricultural engineering, main jobs were feeding sheep, sorting out lambing pens, rolling fields after seed beds had been drilled. I also occasionally help my cousin out on the family farm moving livestock & feeding duties.
Just down a harvest season on an arable farm in Cambridge
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United Kingdom
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English
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Service & repair trailers, ATV & UTV vehicles
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I've haven't been majorly involved in the agricultural sector for a fair few years but I've realised its an industry I want to pursue a long time career in.
I have still been involved in ways, helping out on cousins farm. Fixing tractors for customers of mine through my business etc
Personal Details
Highest Level of Education: Certificate of Higher Education
Total years of experience: 16
Work Experience
Seasonal harvest help
Cambridge
July 2024 to the end of October 2024
Tractor driving, grain & onion haulage with trailers, verge mowing, a bit of mole ploughing and sumo'ing
Grain store duties, loading lorries
General mechanic & welding
Mechanical Engineer/Service Engineer
Llanidloes
September 2023 to July 2024
Assembling automated conveyor lines & installing at various sites in the UK & Ireland.
Servicing conveyor lines & carrying out various breakdown repairs when required
Owner
Trailer Services company - Caersws
October 2020 to Present
Owner operator of Trailer Services company
Repairing & servicing off all types of trailers
Ordering, organising & selling parts to customers & ordering for stock
Receiving deliveries & dispatching pallets to customers
Also servicing & repairing ATVS, UTVS & lawnmowers
Mechanic/Driver/Yardman
Plant Hire company - Welshpool
October 2018 to May 2021
Repairing & servicing all types of construction equipment
Welding & fabrication
Delivering & collecting machinery to customers
Service Technician
Montgomery
June 2014 to October 2018
Repair and servicing of a variety of ATV's and UTV's & groundcare equipment. Diagnostics and problem
solving. Assembling of new machinery and prepping S/H machines for resale.
Onsite callouts & breakdowns
Delivering new & S/H machinery to customers
Service Technician/Driver
Agricultural Machinery company- Welshpool
September 2012 to June 2014
Servicing & repair of a variety of agricultural machinery & ground care equipment. Assembling & PDi of
new machinery General yard/workshop duties and check over/repair of S/H machinery ready for resale.
Service Technician
Tractor Company
September 2011 to September 2012
Servicing & repair of a variety of agricultural machinery & ground care equipment.
PDi of new, S/H and machinery to go out on hire.
Delivering tractors & implement to customers.
Press Setter/Machinery operator
Newtown
January 2009 to September 2011
Operating, set up & maintaining two 100 hundred tonne presses & making alterations to tooling.
Metal fabrication & sheet metal work
Apprentice Brick Layer/Ground worker
Construction company - Welshpool
June 2006 to January 2009
Bricklaying and ground works associated within the construction industry.
General site duties and operating heavy plant machinery
Education
Level 3 in Agricultural Engineering
Reaseheath College
September 2012 to June 2013
Level 2 in Agricultural Engineering
Llysfasi College - Rhuthun
September 2011 to June 2012
Skills
• ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENT (5 years)
• TEAM PLAYER (10+ years)
• Mechanic Experience
• Automotive
• Customer Service (10+ years)
• Electrical Experience
• Sales (3 years)
• Maintenance (10+ years)
Certifications and Licenses
NPORS Operator
October 2023 to September 2028
Telescopic handler
Suspended loads all sizes
Telescopic handler 360 degrees up to 9 metres
Additional Information
Key Skills
Excellent team player who is friendly and sociable
Experience of working in a mechanical/engineering environment & on various different pieces of
machinery
Full clean UK driving licence including plenty of experience towing all forms of trailers
Honest, good time keeping skills & willing to go the extra mile to get a job done
Experience of dealing with customers from running my own business, dealing with invoicing, parts
orders, booking jobs into the workshop
Start: 05/01/2025 Finish: Not Specified
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