36 years old from south east Northumberland, looking for a tractor driver/ lead operator role on an arable or mixed farm, but I am also experienced with cattle and sheep
City and Guilds
Mainly Arable, Mixed Farming
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Full Car Licence
Tractor, Combine, Baler, Ploughing, Drilling, PA1, PA2, Telehandler/Fork Lift, 360 Ticket, Fencing
Beef, Sheep, Lambing, Calving
Operating multiple brands of tractors up to 300 horsepower including:
Fendt ( including GPS)
New Holland
Massey Ferguson
John Deere (including Starfire)
McCormick
Most cultivation tasks including:
Ploughing (up to 7 furrow semi mounted)
Deep and shallow cultivation
Disc harrowing
Subsoiling
Power harrowing
Rotavating
Rolling
Lots of experience flail topping and hedge cutting
Experience of Class (35 foot header), Massey Ferguson (25 foot header) and new Holland combine (25 foot header) harvesters including basic daily maintenance and getting ready for harvest season
Experience of self propelled and trailed sprayers ( mainly rotator self propelled and Kuhn trailed)
Experience using vaderstad seed drills (4 metre) and limited use of combination drill (3 metre)
Experience using Kuhn and Amazone fertilizer spreaders
Experience of grassland and straw harvest using
Round balers
Square balers
2 rotor rakes
Tedders up to 9 metre
Mowers ( trailed and mounted)
Experience of all husbandry tasks including lambing of mule, Suffolk, texel and blackface breeds both indoor and outdoors across flocks varying from 200 to 2000 head. I also have experience handling and calving beef cattle
Male
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36
Married with 2 young children
United Kingdom
Northumberland
English
Yes
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Mainly spending time with family but clay pigeon shooting when I can
36 year old, 5 foot 5 medium build
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February 2025 to September 2025, Running farm on behalf of ***
Day to day management and running of 200 acre arable farm including:
• Liaising with agronomist regarding crop treatments
• Fertiliser application using broadcast spreader
• Spraying of crop protection products
• Combine harvester operation
• Grain sampling and quality checking before, during and after harvest.
• Hedge/ vegetation management
May 2022 to Present
Operating loading shovel and mobile screening plant to process biomass fuel. Basic maintenance and troubleshooting to assist mobile plant fitters
Skills/ training acquired:
• Loading shovel ticket
• 360 excavator ticket above/ below 10 ton
• Forklift ticket
March 2022 to May 2022 Dairyman, Hanover dairies
August 2020 to March 2022
Farm worker
2000 acre mixed farm
Undertake all tasks relating to a busy arable and livestock farm including but not limited to:
• Crop protection Spraying
• Cereal crop drilling
• Primary and secondary Cultivations
• Forage preparation
• Relief combine driving
• Livestock care/ Transportation
• Hedge cutting
• Fence repairs
April 2016 to August 2020 Distribution Depot Supervisor Agrovista UK Ltd
• Oversee daily running of agrochemical delivery depot and workload of up to 7 staff,
which encompassed creating delivery routes/ vehicle loading paperwork
• Load and unload company vehicles/ External hauliers and store product in correct
warehouse locations if required
• Ensure all booking in/ Out paperwork is completed correctly on haulier paperwork
and companies IFS based computer system reporting all shortages/ Damages as soon
as possible
• Liaise with internal sales staff/ External customers to process deliveries for next day
shipment
• Liaise with company purchasing staff to ensure adequate product supplies are
maintained based on forecasted requirements/ seasonal demands
• Liaise with sales staff to ensure correct forecasting of product needs to ensure
adequate forecasts and compile these forecasts into Microsoft office documents for
central purchasing
• Undertake all Health and safety / Fire safety/ Security system checks as required
• Undertake training for all current/ New staff as required
• Liaise with central HR department for assistance with hiring/ Disciplinary measures
as required Skills/ Training acquired:
ADR Transport of dangerous goods
Rospa driver skills
Basis Agrochemical Storage
Counterbalance forklift certificate
First Aid training
April 2015 to March 2016 Depot Assistant Agrovista UK Ltd
• Liaising with internal sales staff/ External customers for placing orders onto company
IFS based system
• Ensure orders for delivery are picked correctly and loaded onto the correct vehicle
for delivery
• Undertake deliveries using company 3.5-ton vehicles across north east England/
North Yorkshire if required
• Unload external haulier vehicles and store products correctly in warehouse ensuring
any shortages/ Damages are reported to depot supervisor
• Ensure warehouse area is kept clean and tidy at all times
• Assist depot supervisor with Health and safety / Fire safety/ Security system checks
as required
• Daily running of depot in event of supervisor absence
April 2010 to March 2015
Delivery Driver Agrovista UK Ltd
• Ensure all daily vehicle checks are carried out and any defects are reported to depot
supervisor
• Pick products for delivery and load vehicle from provided delivery manifest
• Route deliveries into a time and fuel-efficient order for delivery across north east
England/ North Yorkshire
• Ensure company vehicle is returned at end of shift without damage and full of fuel
• Provide a pleasant and helpful service when meeting customers/ other colleagues
September 2009 to April 2015, self employed farm worker
Carry out a range of livestock/ arable tasks for multiple clients across farms ranging from 100 to 2000 acres
Skills acquired:
PA 1 & 2 certificates
Nroso Membership
July 2006 to September 2009 Farm Worker J & D Longlands LTD
Undertake all duties relating to a 2000 acre livestock farm including but not limited to:
• Livestock handling and transport
• Forage preparation/ Feeding
• Estate maintenance
Start: 03/05/2026 Finish: Not Specified
North East
Permanent
North east England or Yorkshire