Scottish Borders based general farm worker, skilled tractor operator and confident stockman. Work in Scottish Borders/Northumberland.
City and Guilds
Mainly Arable, Mainly Livestock, Mixed Farming
360 excavator certificates
Tractor certificate
telescopic forklift certificate
Car and trailer license
First aid
Full Car Licence
Tractor, Baler, Ploughing, Tracked Machine, Telehandler/Fork Lift, 360 Ticket, Other harvesters, Fencing
Dairy, Beef, Sheep, Lambing, Calving
Ploughing with 5 & 6 furrow plough.
Mowing (trailed)
Round and square baleing (Straw and silage/hay)
Buckraking (tractor/articulated loader)
Confident forklift/loader operator (bedding, mucking out, loading/unloading materials)
TMR experience feeding breeding stock and finishing stock.
All aspects of cultivation prior to sowing.
Spreading slurry using tanker, muck spreading with rear discharge spreader.
Transportation of materials with both tipper trailers and flat beds.
Transportation of livestock in cattle float.
General duties - checking livestock (sheep and cattle), reporting any lame or ill stock and if applicable use of medicines. Record keeping on all livestock and medicines used, livestock work I.e dosing, weighing, grading, vaccinations, footbathing and any general diary duties.
Pre lambing vaccines, scanning and shedding.
Lambing both indoors and outdoors from commercial to pedigree.
Calving both indoors and outdoors using "lasoo" technique or "cow catcher" and traditional cattle crush.
I do not own dogs at current but have a strong trained 4 year old male collie at my disposal should I need him who will work both sheep and cattle.
Male
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30
I have 2 young children who stay with me every other weekend.
Scottish
Scottish Borders
English
Yes
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Spend time with my family, visit friends Hill walking
6ft 3 120kg
None
I have worked on both pedigree breeding farms and large scale commercial farms.
I am happy to undertake any new challenges and put in as many hours as needed.
New machinery or tasks do not phase me, I'm happy to learn new skills if given the chance.
I like to think of myself as skilled in most areas I have covered.
I like to have the approach with medications and vaccines instead of me using/administering what I would at previous farmers I always ask for my hierarchy's input so as to keep it the way it's preferred. (Different strokes for different folks, as they say)
Start: 04/02/2024 Finish: Not Specified
Scotland
Permanent
Scottish Borders/Northumberland