I have limited experience of working with machinery but I am very keen to learn.

Previously I have driven tractors to move calf hutches, bales and for ploughing. But this was over ten years ago so I would need refreshing.

I have done alot of stock fencing both in Australia and the UK. Using hand held equipment.

Up until recently I had my own small flock of sheep which I managed for meat, wool and conservation grazing. For the past three years I have helped a neighboring farm with lambing indoors texel and Suffolks. I also help them with clipping, dosing and gathering in the sheep. They have an indoor pig unit which I have been involved with cleaning out and bedding up.

I currently also help a lady on a small hill farm with her sheep when required. This has included gathering the intakes with her dog when she was unable to, vaccinating, and dosing sheep. I have done a lot of sheep work in Australia too; moving sheep, marking lambs and also trapping and moving feral goats.

I have worked in dairy research where I assisted with DEFRA funded trials and degree students research projects. This included using a plate meter for grass measurements, milk recording, moving stock, and lambing.

I have worked on dairy farms milking, scraping beds, and calf rearing.

I've had sole charge of my own small flock managing the day to day health and welfare, organising sale of stock and communicating with vets.