I am highly motivated and productive individual, I work well on my own or as part of a team. I take pride in my work and Im a good time keeper, I grew up farming as my father was a herdsman and have done farming most of my working life from tractor driving to milking cows and herd management.
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Mainly Livestock, Mixed Farming
8 gcse pa1 pa6
Full Car Licence, Tractor Licence, LGV/HGV Truck, LGV C+E (UK Only)
Tractor, PA1, HGV1, HGV 2 and 3, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Fencing
Dairy, Beef, Calving
Mowing, tanking, muck spreader, feeder waggon, topper, tractor with front-end loader, aerating, power harrow, rotavating, discing telehandler. Umbilicaling
Worked with cows all my life have managed herds from 150 cows to herds of 550 Holsteins, freisians and 3 way crossbreds I have reared calves can do foot trimming, AI, de-horning, milking, all stockmanship, computer literate.
Male
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50
Married 2 sons
British
Wiltshire
English
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Career History. Apr 2022-present Herdmanager 240 Ayr calving organic pwab herd October2019 -apr 2022 herd manager 550 Holstein high input herd manage staff as well as feeding and running herd. With my wife as 2ic August 2018-October 2019 managing a herd of 180 cows. October 2016 -August 2018 tractor driver feeder (feeder wagon operator) and gfw October 2015 to October 2016 hgv1 driver February 2012 to September 2015 Herd Manager Managing a herd of 300 crossbed cows along side my wife. Milking x2 a day through a 28/28 Westfallia parlour on a c21 computer system, all record keeping in diarys and computer and bcms all aspects of animal husbandry : AI, foot-trimming, calving, vet visits, young stock, calf rearing and de-horning, strip fencing, maintaining all fences on farm, yard duties, parlour hygiene and maintenance, tractor driving, basic tractor maintenance, ordering chemicals and stock when needed. August 2009/February 2012 Herdsperson, Yeovil. Here I milked 180 cows x 2 a day and general farm work, tractor driving TMR feeding (Keenan) May 2007/August 2009 Herdsperson, Pembrokeshire I returned here after 5 years hgv driving. 300 cows x2 a day and animal husbandry foot trimming tractor driving January 2002/May 2007 HGV1 DRIVER Pembrokeshire August 1998/January 2002 Herdsperson thry Pembrokeshire. Here I milked 300 cows x2 a day and general farm work tractor driving August 1995/August 1998 Herdsperson, Fishguard Pembrokeshire. Here I milked 150 cows x2 a day general farm work Eric was a contractor so in between milkings. I worked on various tractor driving jobs.
Start: 15/05/2024 Finish: Not Specified
South West
Permanent
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