CV Ref No. CV Reference No. - 58632

Skilled sprayer/ tractor /combine driver looking for new role over 35 years of experience on dairy beef and arable farms in the UK. Work in the South West/South preferably.

Qualifications and Experience
Relevant qualifications

NDA, City and Guilds

Type of farming wanted

Mainly Arable, Mixed Farming

Other qualifications

Pa1 ,2, 4s and 4g Nroso Fsooty finalist 2013 and 2017

Driving Licence

Full Car Licence, Tractor Licence

Equipment experience

Tractor, Combine, Baler, Ploughing, Drilling, PA1, PA2, Tracked Machine, Telehandler/Fork Lift, 360 Ticket, Other harvesters, Fencing

Livestock experience

Dairy, Beef, Calving

Other equipment experience

40 years of experience, working for a farmer/ contractor in west Devon undertaking a large amount of spraying and fertiliser applications also undertake all the combing here and also tractor work when not operating the sprayer

Crop walking is also part of the remit here as well mainly to check and keep the agronomist up to speed with whats happening,

Able to maintain machinery and weld etc as well as servicing the combine over the winter months

Other livestock experience

First worked as a herdsman looking after 180 dairy cows basically doing everything with them , i.e. Milking calving, foot trimming and a i , all calf rearing and young stock management Then moved on to assistant manager role where we ran 150 suckler cattle on a Waitrose contact

Personal information
Sex

Male

Other Information

-

Age

53

Marital status

I have a partner and she works within the nhs

Nationality

British

Where are you currently living?

Devon

First language

English

Do you have the right to work in the UK?

Yes

Other languages

-

Hobbies

Photography, classic tractors, ploughing matches .

Pen picture (Height, weight etc.)

5'8 tall 12 stone

Relevant health problems

None

Farming background

Have done all tractor work from ploughing though cultivating and then on to drilling using most types of drill including direct drilling using a sumo dts , done fertiliser spreading on arable crops and grassland , lime spreading, driven combines cutting wheat barley , osr, beans , linseed, and have also cut maize for grain, Have also done all silage work , cutting , picking up , trailer work and buck raking , also grass and straw baling and wrapping, hedge cutting and ditch cleaning , muck and slurry spreading and injection, Have a wide range of experience in the workshop to include welding servicing and rebuilding machinery Stock work over the years have included milking , calving cows heat dection , foot trimming, calf rearing and young stock , TMrfeeding and bedding up .

Preferences
Availability

Start: 22/03/2024 Finish: Not Specified

Preferred region

South West

Type of job

Permanent

Where would you like to work?

South West preferably but will consider other areas

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