Male available for Mainly Arable, Mixed Farming work

Qualifications and Experience

Relevant qualifications

NVQ Level 1,2, City and Guilds

Type of farming wanted

Mainly Arable, Mixed Farming

Other qualifications

Tractor driving, telehandler licence. Outdoor First Aid certificate, Farm Health and Safety course, Manual Handling course, Chainsaw licence, Lambing course x2, Calving Course, Dutch 5-step Foot-trimming course.

Driving Licence

Full Car Licence, Tractor Licence

Equipment experience

Tractor, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Fencing

Livestock experience

Dairy, Beef, Sheep, Lambing, Calving

Other equipment experience

Tractor driving, silage carting, bale carting slurry tanking, muck carting, New JCB tele-handler experience, Chainsaw, Strimmer and Brushcutter.

Other livestock experience

Organic dairy - 370 dairy cows, general stock work - scrapping, bedding, feeding mixed rations, TB testing, calving, foot trimming, and milking

300 sheep and 50 beef cattle - Assisted with lambing for 3 seasons - setting up, lambing, caring for orphan lambs Assisted with feeding, shearing, vaccinating, worming, and scanning sheep. Working with sheepdogs, helped rear calves, TB testing, feeding, bedding, etc.

General farm work as a student with pigs, sheep, cattle, and poultry.

One day a week work experience with Speckle Park and Longhorn beef cattle, showing them at agricultural shows - Sherborne, Dorchester, Gillingham, Frome, Bath and West. Assisted with feeding and care of cattle.

Personal information

Sex

Male

Other Information

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Age

19

Marital status

No

Nationality

British

Where are you currently living?

Dorset

First language

English

Do you have the right to work in the UK?

Yes

Other languages

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Hobbies

Indoor and outdoor climbing when able to.

Pen picture (Height, weight etc.)

6ft 4in

Relevant health problems

Nil

Farming background

General Farmworker June 2018 - Present. Organic dairy and grassland - 370 dairy cows General stock work - scrapping, bedding, topping, feeding, TB testing, calving, foot trimming, and milking. Fence mending, hedge-laying, and other estate and building maintenance Tractor and tele-handler driving.

General Farmworker Jan 2017 - May March 2020. 300 sheep and 50 beef cattle Tractor work - harrowing, rolling, topping, yard scraping, bale collection Fence mending and hedge-laying Assisted with lambing for 3 seasons - setting up, lambing, caring for orphan lambs. Assisted with feeding, shearing, vaccinating, worming, and scanning sheep. Working with sheepdog Helped rear calves, TB testing, feeding, bedding, etc

Dorset Countryside Rangers - ranger (volunteer) Dec 2017 - May 2020. Mending fences, styles, gates, steps, and bridges Clearing heathland using brush-cutter and chainsaw Clearing footpaths and other Rights of Way

General worker (voluntary student) Sept 2016 - April 2017 Studied for level 1 land-based operations Cleaned out pens General farm work with pigs, sheep, cattle, and poultry.

One day a week work experience April 2014 - April 2016 Showing Speckle Park and Longhorn beef cattle at agricultural shows. Undertook grounds maintenance. Assisted with feeding and care of cattle.

Preferences

Availability

Start: 01/03/2021 Finish: Not Specified

Preferred region

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Type of job

Permanent

Where would you like to work?

I am willing to move for the right job and where there is suitable accommodation. If staying at my parent's home then Sherborne, Dorchester, or Yeovil area would be my preference.