Competent machine operator having driven tractors and Tele handlers from a young age on my familys dairy sheep farm and on other farms.

Competent dairy sheep flock manger on family farm. Have also worked with dairy cows from a young age and am currently a herd manager on an organic dairy farm milking 360 crossbred cows. I carry out all the AI when I am working with good pregnancy rates. I have also completed a foot trimming course and am becoming more and more competent as I build up experience. I organise all the milking rotas on the farm and work solely with a farm consultant who helps put together rations and also helps pasture management as this year is my first year using a platemeter/rotational grazing to manage grass better but we are already seeing good results.

Having grown up on a sheep farm I have vast experience in shepherding and flock management (albeit in a dairy flock system) including lambing, creating and implementing vaccination programmes, shearing, record keeping, grassland management and all that is involved in sheep farming.