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Highly motivated, friendly, reliable & conscientious. Experienced & qualified in all aspects of arable farming. Lead Sprayer Operator, Combine, Cultivations. Excellent workshop skills. Available to start immediately.
City and Guilds
Mainly Arable
LANTRA - Rough Terrain Telescopic Handler certificate (5 year refresher Jan 2022)
NPTC - PA1 & PA2 & PA4 certificates.
LANTRA - Abrasive Wheel
S.C.S Ltd - Fertilizer Spreader Calibration & Tray Testing Course
Up to date member of NROSO (refresher course February 2023)
Full Driving License (1988), No Endorsements, B&E trailer Categories held.
Emergency First Aid inc Catastrophic Bleeding Certificate
Overhead Powerline Awareness and Emergency Action (UK Power Networks)
Effects/Prevention of Agricultural Chemical Leaching & Spillage (Anglian Water Authority)
I have extensive experience of all Microsoft Office software and some experience of Gatekeeper.
Full Car Licence
Tractor, Combine, Baler, Ploughing, Drilling, PA1, PA2, Tracked Machine, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Fencing
Sheep, Lambing
Tractor & Trailer(extensive) including Grain Carting and Roadwork, ploughing, Drilling, primary & secondary cultivations, 6m Power Harrowing, Pressing, Tedder, Rake, Topper, Flail Mower, hedgecutting, trailer loading/unloading with telehandler, Baler, Bale Packer (Arkusin), Hay Mower, Vaderstad- Rexius twin, Horsch Joker, Fertiliser Spreading GPS and non GPS section control. I hold current rough terrain telehandler license (Lantra.) and NPTC PA1, PA2 and PA4s. Crop Sprayers (Bateman RB35, Househam Air Ride 3000 and Horsch 4AX). Up to date member NROSO, Claas Lexion 760 Combine (35ft). Skilled telehandler operator, loading grain lorries etc.. (JCB, Manitou, Merlo, New Holland and Claas), all aspects of haymaking, silage and haylage. Square and round baler operation in production of hay, straw etc.
Experienced with upto 14ton 360 excavator (no ticket). Good mechanical/hydraulics knowledge, fault finding, practical ability and workshop skills including stick & MIG welding, Hardfacing, and oxy-acetylene heating and cutting. Extensive chainsaw experience although no ticket held. Good knowledge and experience with GPS/RTK navigation systems (JD Greenstar, NH Intellisteer, Agleader, Topcon, Trimble) JD 6210R, JD 8370RT, NH T7.230, NH T7.270, MF 6480, MF 7726, MF 7726S, MF 8740S, CAT Challenger, Fendt 724/728/942
Crop spraying with Bateman RB35, Househam Air Ride 3000, Horsch 4ax and Amazone UX6200l Super (36m).
Livestock experience - sheep husbandry, experience of working a lambing shed delivering and caring for new Born lambs. I am capable and willing to add other livestock to my skill set.
Male
Full Clean Driving License(1988) including B&E. Available to start immediately.
52
I am happily married with no dependents
British
Essex
English
Yes
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Reading up on the latest farming practices, crop spraying regulations, and environmental issues. Shooting, beating, reading, and walking/trying to train my working cocker spaniel!
Five foot eleven inches, 14 Stone.
Fit and Healthy
I have been passionate about farming from a young age, twelve years ago I was finally in a position to realise my life long career ambition.
August 2023 To date
Since redundancy I have undertaken the clearing of two acres of an overgrown garden, including tree felling and processing for a relative. I can cease this ongoing process at short notice to start a new job.
March 2022 August 2023 (Redundancy due to farm realignment)
Lead Crop Sprayer Operator / Arable Operative
1200ha
Lead crop sprayer operator, working with agronomist to ensure best yield outcomes.
Completion of usual operations inc. Telehandler (including loading grain lorries; completing passports), cultivations, drilling OSR and Spring Barley, combining cereals, granular and liquid fertilizer application.
Field operations using Massey Fergusson and Topcon RTK GPS.
Combining OSR, Barley and Wheat.
Workshop operations inc. MIG welding and fabrication, tractor servicing, general troubleshooting, and repair. I was also tasked with the costing and installing of fail-safe air brakes to a grain trailer with hydraulic only braking.
From November 2022 I was assigned as mentor a student from Writtle College two days a week
Jan 2022
Sheep/Arable Worker
Fill in position.
July 2021 December 2021
Arable Farm Worker.700ha
Expanded existing skills, specializing in heavy cultivations (ploughing/Vaderstad Topdown), Crop spraying (primarily pre-em 4/6 way mix), Slug pellet application (quad), Hedge trimming, telehandler work and general all round duties.
Farm was unable to sustain a second full time employee.
October 2019
Due to return to a Farm early 2020, if a permanent position was not secured on another farm. The farm reneged on the agreement due to poor Autumn drilling of 2019 and Brexit.
Engaged in machinery maintenance work, hay making and any maintenance at my local church.
March 2019 October 2019
Extended Harvest/Cultivations Farmworker, Terling, Essex
2100ha
Expanded existing skills and gained experience in high horsepower equipment both wheeled and tracked with latest technology. Extended harvest position with no permanent positions available.
February 2018 November 2018
Farmworker, Howe Street, Chelmsford, Essex.1200ha
Involved in arable harvest & cultivations mainly on a contract basis on farms across Essex.
July 2017 October 2017
Harvest Farmworker, Chelmsford, Essex. 400ha
All aspects of arable harvest & cultivations on a 400ha farm. Other work included tree felling, electrical and plumbing work.
June 2016 November 2016
Harvest Farmworker, Chelmsford, Essex. 1600ha
Involved in all aspects of arable harvest & cultivations on a 1600ha farm.
The farmer expressed his wish to offer me a full-time position but was unable to as he had a full complement of staff at the time.
2012-2016
Farmworker. Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex
Performed general farm duties including lambing, sheep husbandry, hay making, hedge cutting and tractor and telehandler work.
On-going In between Harvest
Also engaged in firewood procurement (felling, logging, splitting, seasoning) and supply.
Prior to 2012
Prior to embarking on my lifelong ambition of a career in arable farming, I owned and operated a successful home maintenance company for fifteen years, as a fully qualified plumber, heating engineer, and electrician.
Start: 10/07/2024 Finish: Not Specified
East Anglia
Permanent
Essex
