Personal statement

"Dependable and hard-working professional seeking a role as a Groom, Farm Hand, or Livestock Person. I am a fast learner, highly adaptable, and motivated to stay busy while acquiring new skills. Physically fit and accustomed to demanding manual labour, I am comfortable working long hours in all weather conditions. I am a trustworthy and self-motivated individual who can follow instructions precisely while working effectively both independently or as a strong team player."

Livestock & Equine Experience

While my primary experience is with horses, I have a solid background working with sheep, cattle, and poultry. I have worked with specialised and rare breeds, including:

•Cattle: Irish Moiled and Highland.

•Sheep: North Ronaldsay, Kerry Hill, Jacob, and Ryeland.

•Poultry: Ducks and chickens.

Skills

Animal Husbandry & Welfare

•Daily Care: Managed feeding and watering schedules for horses, sheep, cattle, and poultry.

•Health Monitoring: Attentive to behavioural or physical changes; experienced in administering required supplements and medications.

•Handling: Skilled in leading and restraining foals and moving livestock safely between paddocks and handling areas.

Equine & Yard Management

•Grooming & Prep: Proficient in grooming, rugging, and preparing horses for riding.

•Exercise: Responsible for turnout, bringing horses to and from fields, and supervising them on the walker.

•Stable Management: Maintained high standards of cleanliness through mucking out, poo-picking fields, and general barn maintenance.

Farm Maintenance & Operations

•General Maintenance: Regularly checked and repaired perimeter fencing and cleaned water troughs.

•Manual Labour: Comfortable with heavy lifting and all physical tasks associated with daily farm operations.

Employment History

Stable hand,2012-2013

•provided daily care for horses: feeding, grooming, turnout, and cleaning stables

•Gain some experience with lambing sheep

GFW/Stable hand, 2013

Sonnenhof Stud, Belgium

•Fed, groomed and exercised horses daily.

•Fed and watered horses.

•Groomed horses regularly for improved appearance and health.

•Maintained cleanliness of stables, contributing to a healthy environment.

Veterinary technician, 2016

BLV, Liverpool Merseyside

•Walked pets outside morning afternoon times per shift to prevent accidents on bedding.

•Prepared surgical instrument packs and drapes for use in sterile environments by processing in autoclave under high pressure and high temperature conditions.

•Cleaned and disinfected exam areas, equipment and kennels to prevent spread of disease, control odours and maintain healthy environment.

•Fed watered animals

•Sterilise instruments and equipment Setting up theatres for surgery & x ray

•Admit patients dogs cats exotic pets helping with discharge of patient's

•care of patients Cleaning practice

Kennel assistant, 2019

Pendella's Dogtel, Ormskirk Lancashire

•Cleaned and sanitised cages and runs, safely transferring animals between kennels.

•Kept animal cages spotlessly clean to minimise infection risks.

•Supported canine wellness with regular outdoor walks.

Trainee Assistant Butcher, Part-Time 2021

Butcher Shop, Ormskirk, Lancashire

•Cutting/slicing.

•Mincing.

•cleaning equipment tools.

•cleaning shop floor.

Farm hand,

Croxteth Park Farm Liverpool Merseyside 2021

•Cleaned out barns efficiently, allowed for improved living conditions for livestock.

•Cleaned farm equipment to maintain stable operations.

•Collected eggs daily from chicken coops

•Prepared feed for and fed livestock and poultry.

•Herded animals and helped with movement between fields, paddocks and stables.

•Handled daily animal care covering feeding, watering and cleaning work.

•Maintained animal health by feeding, watering and grooming livestock.

•Providing fresh straw and hay.

Self-employed small chicken and duck-rearing operation. 2024-2025

•Animal Husbandry:

•understanding chicken breeds, their nutritional needs, egg-laying cycles, and how to manage their health and well-being. It includes knowing how to prevent and treat common chicken illnesses and injuries

•Building and maintaining chicken coops, fences, and other structures is often necessary. This requires skills in using tools and basic construction techniques.

•Basic Veterinary Skills:

•Knowing how to administer basic medications and assess a chicken's health

•Learning To successfully incubate chicken eggs, you need to maintain the right temperature and humidity, turn the eggs regularly.

Education

Manage a Poultry Farming Business 2025

Online Course

Modules:

•Explain how to meet the nutritional needs of chickens

•Describe the diseases that can affect chickens and the vaccines available to prevent them

•Analyse the various housing systems and broilers used to ensure high-quality chicken egg production

•Discuss the different requirements for the farming of ducks and turkeys

•Explain the different methods and processes involved in the incubation of eggs in poultry farming

•Describe the process of brooding chicks once eggs have hatched

•Identify the key requirements of housing chickens and managing the environment to ensure their safety

•Analyse the business aspects associated with the accounting and marketing of a poultry farm

•Highlight methods available to control the impact of pests on your farm

Animal Nutrition, Feedstuffs, and Hygiene 2025

Online Diploma

Modules:

•Fundamentals of Animal Nutrition

•Animal Nutrition, Feedstuff Hygiene, Course Assessment

• Analyse nutrient types and dietary needs to improve understanding of animal nutrition essentials.

•Plan and formulate balanced diets for diverse animal species, taking into account their specific nutritional needs.

•Create balanced and appropriate diets for carnivorous and herbivorous animals.

•Evaluate the physiological differences in nutrient absorption across various animal species.

•Assess the nutritional value of different feed ingredients.

•Discuss the impact of animal agriculture on global food systems and its sustainability.

•Recognise signs of healthy emotional states and biological functions in animals.

•Outline the principles of animal hygiene and basic first aid.

• Summarise the fundamentals of animal psychology.

•Categorise different feedstuffs.

Arch Bishop Beck Catholic School, Liverpool Merseyside, 07/09

•Subject Awarded OCR Level 2 National Award in Science GCSE C

Myerscough College, Liverpool Merseyside 07/09

•Subject Animal care NTPC Level 2

NRC, Yorkshire 09/10 12/10

•Level 1 Apprenticeship Horse care

•Appointed Persons First Aid

•Key skills in application of Numbers, communication and Level 2 Working with others

The National Stud, Suffolk 10/11 12/11

•Level 2 Diploma Apprenticeship Horse care (Breeding option)

•Level 2 certificate in the principles of Horse Care.

•Level 3 Certificate in Equine Transport.

•Level 1 Extended Award in Employability and Personal Development

•Award in Employability and Personal Development.

Myerscough college, Liverpool Merseyside

•BETEC/Diploma Equine Studies Grade Distinction.

Additional Information

Horse care experience college

I learnt a lot; this includes being a good team member and developing the ability to work with others, also during college times I have learned how to transport of horses. I undertook such activities as carrying out yard duties, riding ,attending lectures and studying. I have also learnt to handle a variety of different horses. include; mares and foals, mares in foal, yearlings.

Interests

•Reading

•History and genealogy

•Playing and Practice of Musical Instrument.

•Animal care.

Handled day-to-day farm maintenance tasks, clearing and cleaning public areas for optimal customer safety. Ensured animals were appropriately secured within pens, sheds and fields. Turned animals in and out of their pastures. Livestock handling. Worked on cleaning stables and riding areas. Maintained clean, neat and hazard-free animal areas to protect individual health and well being. Treatment minor horse injuries. Replaced animal's hay and water regularly while monitoring animals for changes in behaviour or demeanour. Exercising horses and provided basic care, including saddling up, grooming. I am physically fit and able to handle the duties associated with this job and to work long hours in all types of weather. I have the ability to follow instructions and I am, trustworthy and self motivated.

Skills

•Horse/barn Caretaker

•Farm Hand

•Animal Husbandry

•Animal feeding

•Egg collection

•Livestock handling and welfare

•Livestock care

•Animal Care

•Physical stamina

•Breeding

•Handling Young stock

•Horse riding

•Feeding

•Animal transport

•Grooming techniques

•Picking hooves