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Stockman with experience on dairy, beef/sheep and arable units. SRUC graduate with BSc. Hard worker with lots of time spent working with stock of all types. Experience on both organic and conventional farms. Work anywhere in the UK.
BSc
Mainly Livestock, Mixed Farming
Tractor Ticket
Telehandler Ticket
Quadbike Ticket
AI Ticket
First Aid for Feet (cattle) Ticket
Full Car Licence, Tractor Licence
Tractor, Telehandler/Fork Lift
Dairy, Beef, Sheep, Lambing, Calving
General tractor and loader work. Carting silage, grain and bales. Slurry and muck spreading. Bedding and feeding with machinery. Experienced in telescopic handlers, both 4 wheel steer and articulated.
Worked on dairies with the cows and the fattening cattle as well as bulls. Worked on small beef and sheep units with many different breeds of both. Worked with pigs for a short time as one of the farm owner's hobbies. Managed a dairy herd of 200 head, along with the fertility of the youngstock.
Male
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27
Single
United Kingdom
Dumfries and Galloway
English
Yes
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Fishing. Training my working collie. Shooting. Motorcycle riding. Playing in a pool team
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Herdsman
Castle Douglas
June 2023 - Present
Sole herd management and milking of 190 Holstein cows producing around 10,000L per lactation. Responsible for health and welfare as well as improving the fertility of the herd and record keeping. Looking to change due to repetitive strain issues regarding milking.
Senior Dairy Stockperson
Farm in Dumfries
April 2022 - June 2023
Looking after two units with full responsibility for the day to day management of the 400 cattle. Doing all jobs from calving - calving. Responsible for data entry on four different herd management programs.
Milker
Helensburgh
September 2021 - April 2022
Full-time
Milking cattle twice a day with light responsibilities in repro and other aspects of cow health.
Dairyman
Maybole
June 2017-October 2020 Part-time
October 2020-September 2021
Full-time
Carrying out all shed handduties and milking the 200 cow herd independently. Occasionally feeding, bedding and other tractor work when it is required.
General Farm Worker, Kirkmichael
October 2019 - October 2020
Part-time
This involves operating tractors and other machinery, general maintenance of the farm and working with the stock.
Mole Controller
Self Employed
2009 Present
This job requires trapping the pests which is done for many of the local farmers. Good time management is key to being able to cover all of the ground required.
General Farm Worker, Bucksburn
March 2019-October 2019
Full-time
Looked after 150 ewes and their followers as well as 20 cows and calves and 30 fattening cattle which were organic. There were also 70 conventional fatteners under my care. Carried out tasks such as feeding, bedding, dosing and general stock care. In addition, I was required to make decisions on stock grazing and the silage and harvest operations.
Yard Staff Aberdeen Northern Marts
2015-2019
Part-time
I mainly worked with livestock to sort and pen them ready for the sale, to keep the ring moving well and then to re-pen them once they were bought.
General Farm Worker Darahill, Udny
Summer 2016
I was responsible for the shed hand duties in the morning and evening, looking after the dry cows and fattening stock. Other tractor work also, such as loading bale trailers.
Start: 07/08/2024 Finish: Not Specified
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Permanent
Anywhere in the uk
