Male available for Mainly Livestock, Mixed Farming work

CV Ref No. CV Reference No. - 65501

General farm worker with plenty of experience looking to learn and further my skills in the agriculture sector passionate, hard working and reliable. Willing to try anything, can work with a team or solo all with a positive attitude. Always puts farm first.

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Qualifications and Experience

Relevant qualifications

NVQ Level 1,2,3

Type of farming wanted

Mainly Livestock, Mixed Farming

Other qualifications

• Brooksby Melton College, Melton • Agriculture Level 1, 2 & 3 | Completed June 2017 • Awarded; Distinction * & Distinctions

Driving Licence

Full Car Licence

Equipment experience

Tractor, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Fencing

Livestock experience

Beef, Pig, Sheep, Lambing

Other equipment experience

Tractor and loadall experience.

Various grass work e.g tedding, rowing, bail carting, forage box , slurry tanking , muck spreading, grass harrows , grass seeding , flat rolling , fertilising.

Land work includes discing , power harrow.

Yard work includes using diet feeder , straw blower and spread a bail , scraping out , mucking out various and loadall work.

Other livestock experience

Stocksman - 4 years experience with up to 1000 cows. Calf rearing, calving, feeding and grass management.

Calf rearing - 1 year on a calf rearing unit.

Helping run an Angus herd on paddock grazing system setting up paddocks and plate metering. General stock duties health checks , injections, clipping backs , moving livestock around , bolus.

Light sheep work helping with sheering , moving , injections and bolus.

Personal information

Sex

Male

Other Information

• Hold full clean driving licence

Age

Marital status

Partner

Nationality

British

Where are you currently living?

Dumfries

First language

English

Do you have the right to work in the UK?

Yes

Other languages

Hobbies

Mountain biking , Ice hockey , outdoor activities

Pen picture (Height, weight etc.)

N/A

Relevant health problems

Asthma

Farming background

April 2024 - present

General farm work/ tractor driver that includes most grassland work e.g. mowing, raking, tedding, carting use of bail chaser. Other responsibilities include muck spreading, slurry tanking, topping. Also working with stock bedding,mucking out and handling of stock e.g. weighing, loading, routine health checking.

February 2021 to April 2024 general farm worker - helping run a herd of Angus with paddock grazing system in the summer then with normal yard duties in the winter. Tractor work with grass land and small whole-crop too. December 2019 to 2021 Assistant Farm Manager - Calf rearing Working as a calf rearer milk calfs (feeding, bedding, heath checks, treating, vaccinating) Weaned calfs that involve ( feeding, bedding with machine, weighting, scraping out, General farm jobs tele hander work ( bedding, scraping, loading and unloading lorry) Fencing, Farm maintenance.

November 2015 - December 2019 Farm Worker | Leicester, Enderby Working with cattle (transporting, feeding, mucking out, caring for sick or new born livestock and calf rearing) muck spreading ,grass harrowing , flat rolling, corn and mileage carting, straw carting, operating farm machinery. Maintaining and cleaning farm buildings and machinery, high experience in loadall work. November 2014 November 2015 Farm Worker | Leicester Worked with finishing pigs (mucking out, weighing, feeding and bedding). Caring for the livestock including any that were sick. Also maintained cleaning pens and around farm. Also operated farm machinery.

Preferences

Availability

Start: 14/10/2024 Finish: Not Specified

Preferred region

Scotland

Type of job

Permanent

Where would you like to work?

Scotland/ north England

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