Head of Livestock - Easton College

2024-Present

Responsible for the daily management and welfare of cattle and sheep, alongside supporting and instructing students in practical farming activities.

Manage the day-to-day feeding, bedding, welfare and health checking of cattle and sheep.

Plan and carry out herd and flock management activities.

Assist with indoor and outdoor calving, including difficult births.

Manage indoor and outdoor lambing.

Rear orphaned lambs and calves using a Shepherdess feeder and bottle feeding.

Maintain cattle and sheep breeding records using Herdwatch.

Contribute to breeding strategies, genetics and livestock selection.

Manage grazing plans and pasture rotation.

Wean lambs and manage store cattle and sheep.

Carry out appropriate castration and tail-docking procedures.

Work safely with mobile sheep-handling systems.

Help design and build a new cattle-handling system.

Rear beef cattle from approximately four months old through to finishing.

Install and maintain permanent and electric fencing.

Deliver practical farm lessons, helping students gain safe, hands-on experience across livestock and arable activities.

Communicate farming practices clearly to students and members of the public.

Operate agricultural machinery for topping, baling, combining, rolling, tedding, raking, slurry work and stubble cultivation.

Work with equipment including a McHale V660 baler, John Deere 9640 WTS combine and Dalbo roller.

Relief Milker and Farm Shop Assistant - Upper Wood Farm

February 2026-Present

Provide relief milking and Saturday shop cover for a small, family-run dairy farm with a 50-cow herd. Milk nine cows to supply fresh milk through the farm's vending machine and honesty shop.

Prepare and operate a four-abreast milking parlour.

Bring cows into the parlour and handle them calmly and safely.

Apply pre-milking teat dip and hand-strip each cow to check for changes in the milk or udder.

Attach clusters correctly and monitor cows throughout milking.

Rinse and prepare the bulk tank before milking.

Wash down and pressure-wash the parlour thoroughly after milking.

Clean and sanitise the milk vending machine using the correct chemicals.

Refill the vending machine with milk collected the previous day.

Feed calves and carry out routine welfare checks on other livestock.

Restock and maintain the on-farm honesty shop every Saturday.

Work independently while maintaining high standards of animal welfare, hygiene and food safety.

Beef and Arable Farm Worker - Single-Suckler Enterprise

2023-2024

Completed daily husbandry tasks for a single-suckler beef herd.

Worked safely with cows, calves, store bulls and breeding bulls.

Fed livestock using a feeder wagon.

Bedded livestock using a straw chopper.

Carted grain from the combine during harvest.

Loaded and carted straw.

Completed muck-carting and cultivation work.

Operated farm machinery safely and efficiently.

Norton's Dairy

2019-2023

Progressed through dairy production, supervisory, farm-assistant and calf-rearing responsibilities.

Farm Assistant and Calf Rearer

2022-2023

Fed milking cows, dry cows, heifers and calves.

Carried out daily livestock checks and routine animal care.

Moved and handled livestock calmly and safely.

Scraped yards and maintained clean livestock areas.

Bedded cattle using machinery and manual methods.

Built and maintained safe, secure fencing.

Operated modern agricultural machinery.

Completed general farm and equipment maintenance.

Recorded births, calving details and breed information accurately.

Monitored calves for changes in feeding, drinking, digestion and behaviour.

Identified early signs of illness and treated sick calves as directed.

Fed, bedded, mucked out and weaned calves.

Maintained high standards of cleanliness, welfare and biosecurity.

Pasteuriser Manager

2021-2023

Assembled and operated the separator correctly and safely.

Calculated production and skimming start times.

Operated handles, valves and equipment in the correct sequence.

Coordinated staff and ensured equipment and work areas were ready for each production session.

Maintained hygiene, quality and food-safety standards.

Helped ensure production tasks were completed accurately and on time.

Dairy Production and Delivery Assistant

2019-2021

Prepared and wore the correct personal protective equipment.

Bottled, capped and labelled whole, semi-skimmed and skimmed milk.

Bottled and capped single and double cream.

Counted and date-stamped product labels accurately.

Weighed, shaped, wrapped and labelled butter.

Weighed and packed cheese while preventing cross-contamination.

Cleaned and sanitised equipment using the correct chemicals.

Restocked bottles, caps and labels.

Delivered milk and other dairy products to customers.

Communicated professionally with customers and handled payments.