CV Ref No. CV Reference No. - 21646

I'm Matt from Cambridge

I am a highly skilled arable operator, hardworking and energetic and take pride in my work. I have had several years experience on a large scale farm and am willing to learn new skills and looking to progress my career

Qualifications and Experience
Relevant qualifications

BTEC, City and Guilds

Type of farming wanted

Mainly Arable, Mixed Farming

Other qualifications

-

Driving Licence

Full Car Licence, Tractor Licence

Equipment experience

Tractor, Combine, Ploughing, Drilling, PA1, PA2, Tracked Machine, Telehandler/Fork Lift

Livestock experience

Dairy, Beef, Pig, Sheep, Lambing, Calving, Poultry

Other equipment experience

Driving a rang of tractors ranging for 100-400hp but have used 620 quadtrac aswell on primary& secondary cultivations.

Main operator of Lexion 770 with 40ft cut

Agrifac 36m Endurance sprayer and Amazone trailed 5200 super

Ploughing with 7 furrow semi mounted Dowdeswell.

Replaced 770 with Lexion 8900 on 45ft so had 1 season on that.

Other livestock experience

I worked on a mixed consisting mainly beef and sheep and also done fair amount of work with poultry aswell producing 7000 eggs and very limited experience in dairy only done about couple months of it

Personal information
Sex

Male

Other Information

My ideal aspiration would like to get to working assistant farm manager

Age

38

Marital status

Got a partner & 14 month old and have 2 dogs and 3 cats and step son aged 15 and will need accommodation if possible.

Nationality

British

Where are you currently living?

Cambridgeshire

First language

English

Do you have the right to work in the UK?

Yes

Other languages

-

Hobbies

I like to go to pubs and gym also to play and watch football. Also love to go to Cornwall 2/3 times a year

Pen picture (Height, weight etc.)

Iam 6ft tall weigh about 17.5 stone but quite physically motivated.

Relevant health problems

None

Farming background

In my present role iam foreman and main spray operator on Trailed Horsch Leeb GS with AFS puma 240. I carry out all fertilising with Amazone ZATS spreader (36m) with variable rate RTK and trimble fitted to tractor. I am also experienced in using 14m Cousin Rolls; grain carting; power harrowing; and drilling with a 6m tine drill with John Deere 6215R on front, and various tasks with a JCB teleporter; slug pelleting with a quad bike, pressing with a John Deere 8360RT with green star and 10m Simba Culti-press. I have also used a twin leg mole drainer.

Since 2014 I have been the lead combine driver using a Claas Lexion 770 with 40ft.cut. which has now been replaced with Lexion 8900 45ft cut and have also have experience spraying with a 40m Agrifac Sprayer. I have also had experience drilling rape with a Simba flatliner. I have carried out a lot of estate work, i.e. working with chainsaws and chipper and have my chainsaw and chipper certificate. I also have an industrial forklift certificate. I passed my trailer test in June 2014.

During 2016 I had refresher courses including rough terrain telescopic handling; first aid; abrasives discs and manual handling. I also carried out basic training on how to operate a digger and ATV training.

I took a refresher course taken during 2020 on rough terrain and industrial forklifts. In 2021 I done a vast amount of spraying with 36m Amazone 5200 super and done a basic welding course. Iam now main spray operator and Foreman aswell from February 2022

Preferences
Availability

Start: 07/11/2024 Finish: Not Specified

Preferred region

East Anglia

Type of job

Permanent

Where would you like to work?

Preferably on a modern progressive Arable Farm 3000 acres ish but willing to to try all aspects

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