Male available for Mainly Arable, Mixed Farming work

CV Ref No. CV Reference No. - 47122

English farmer looking for work in the Arable, Beef sectors anywhere.

Good with cattle, horses, arable. Some sheep experience.

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Qualifications and Experience

Relevant qualifications

BTEC, NVQ Level 1,2, City and Guilds

Type of farming wanted

Mainly Arable, Mixed Farming

Other qualifications

Health & Safety in the workplace.
Food hygiene certifications.
no formal qualifications in agriculture as i never studied farming at college however i have grown up farming from an extremely young age.
Worked on arable, dairy and beef farms.

Driving Licence

Full Car Licence, Tractor Licence

Equipment experience

Tractor, Baler, Ploughing, Drilling, PA1, PA2, Tracked Machine, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Other harvesters, Fencing

Livestock experience

Dairy, Beef, Sheep, Calving

Other equipment experience

Harrowing, rolling, cultivating, slug pelleting, muck spreading, topping, mowing, rowing up, tedding, bale wrapping, self propelled sprayer, mounted sprayer, fertiliser spreader, drilling with trailed and combination also one of only three people in the country currently using a adapted bean harvester for harvesting coriander, parsley and chamomile.

Other livestock experience

Stockman on a 500 head buffalo dairy, entailing relief milking but mainly bedding up, feeding, general maintenance of paddocks and cattle etc. 400 head beef farm with 300 head of sheep and 600 acres of arable ground, general maintenance of cattle and sheep, vaccinations, shearing, dagging,foot trimming and worming, etc. 250 head of beef cattle where i was again feeding, bedding,vaccinating, worming and weighing all cattle taking them from to market size.

Previous employment was as relief herdsman with 150 milkers plus calves and some beef stock.

Currently working on a youngstock farm for Reading University, looking after just over 300 cattle from 3months of age up to 24months.

Personal information

Sex

Male

Other Information

I have a knowledgable background in aquatics as I studied fisheries management at sparsholt college. Whilst there I ran a successful breeding programme with tropical fish, to the extent i was able to exchange large amounts of fry for credit notes to supply the whole course with equipment, dry goods and also livestock.

Age

Marital status

Married

Nationality

English

Where are you currently living?

Berkshire

First language

English

Do you have the right to work in the UK?

Yes

Other languages

Hobbies

Photography, fishing & shooting

Pen picture (Height, weight etc.)

Reddish/Brown hair, 6' 2", 40 years old, easy to get on with, polite & good sense of humour, average build & 85kg

Relevant health problems

Epilepsy (V. minor) on medication & under full control.

Farming background

I grew up dairy farming, went on to mixed farm, and then back to dairy after. I was contract farming for several years and then back to arable farming and an under keeper on a private pheasant shoot.

My last employment was on a 2500 acre mixed arable and dairy farm as relief sprayer operator and tractor driver.l unfortunately made redundant after harvest due to poor harvest and loss of ground.

Currently working on a youngstock farm for Reading University, looking after just over 300 cattle from 3months of age up to 24months.

Preferences

Availability

Start: 06/10/2026 Finish: Not Specified

Preferred region

South & South East

Type of job

Permanent

Where would you like to work?

Anywhere

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