03/2024 Current:

Foot trimmer and assistant herdsman

Nantwich , Cheshire

In house foot trimmer working on multiple different farms all under

the same company

Calving duties such as assisting with difficult carvings, milking fresh

cows, tubing calves colostrum, post calving care

Artificial insemination

Basic care of sick cows eg vaccinations, injections, pumping, tubing

for mastitis

Drying of cows ready for calving

Assisting with TB testing

08/2022-02/2024

Foot trimmer

Holsworthy , Devon

Here I was employed as a foot trimmer going to multiple farms in the

local area, I was performing routine trimming and also helping sort

out and improve lame cattle

11/2018 -07/2022

Assistant herdsman

Bath, Gloucester

Milking

Artificial insemination

Feeding and bedding with telehandler and tractor

Feeding calves

Assisting difficult calvings

Feeding new calves colostrum

Vaccinations and other basic medical care eg giving antibiotics,

inflammatory's, pain killers

Dehorning

Tractor work eg power harrowing, rolling, topping, tedding hay,

scraping

Assisting with TB testing

2017 - 2018

Yarcombe

Assistant Herdsman

Duties: Artificial insemination, milking, night checks, record keeping, feeding, bedding, calving, treating ill stock, young stock care (feeding, bedding, treating, castrating, dehorning, tagging), TB testing, helping the foot trimmer, helping the vet, foot bathing, moving stock 2014-2017

Duties: milking, feeding, assisting with TB testing, basic farm jobs, fencing

beef farm holiday work experience: feeding, bedding up, weighing, livestock movement, fencing, basic farm work

2010-2016  main farm worker, fencing, lambing, feeding, foot trimming, dagging, treating ill stock

Other experience: help with lambing most years at a local farm