CV Ref No. CV Reference No. - 111627

Shepherd/ Farm Manger available. 25 years experience. Happy to work single handed or in a team environment.

Qualifications and Experience
Relevant qualifications

BSc

Type of farming wanted

Mainly Livestock

Other qualifications

-

Driving Licence

Full Car Licence

Equipment experience

Tractor, Baler, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Fencing

Livestock experience

Dairy, Beef, Sheep, Lambing

Other equipment experience

I am experienced using a quad and utv. I have driven tractors in the past for various forage operations.

I have experience with John Deere tractors and equipment.

I have used combi clamps and Tepari racewell clamps.

I also have experience using shearwell stock recorder.

Other livestock experience

I have 25 years shepherding experience. I have managed intensive indoor lambing to extensive outdoor lambing flocks. I have experience with environmental schemes and Red Tractor. I am fully conversant with Sheep recording and record keeping and have used shearwell, and farm plan.

I have managed budgets and am able to produce fat lambs for various markets and ewe lambs for autumn sales.

I have managed Romneys on an extensive system lambing outdoors. I have also managed Scottish blackface ewes extensively on the hill.

I have managed ewes on a paddock grazing system on the lowlands and designed and built a rotational grazing system over an entire farm. This enabled higher stocking density and greater forage usage on the farm. It also extended the grazing season.

Personal information
Sex

Male

Other Information

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Age

51

Marital status

Married

Nationality

United Kingdom

Where are you currently living?

Herefordshire

First language

English

Do you have the right to work in the UK?

Yes

Other languages

-

Hobbies

Hobbies include sport, game shooting and sheep dogs.

Pen picture (Height, weight etc.)

6ft 82kgs

Relevant health problems

None

Farming background

1997-2000 Assistant farm manager Vestey Group. Based in Venezuela. Working with cattle, horses and forage crops.

2000-present. Running the family farms. These included land in Gloucestershire, and three upland farms in West Wales, and a large farm in Scotland.

Preferences
Availability

Start: 19/03/2025 Finish: Not Specified

Preferred region

-

Type of job

Any

Where would you like to work?

Anywhere

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