I worked on the same farm since I started there at age 14 doing work experience whilst still at school! I started a 2 year Animal Care Course at Plumpton College when I left school but I had great transportation difficulties through the winter with bad weather conditions. The farm offered me a full time position so I left college and commenced working there full time in 2010. I have extensive all round farm experience with a variety of livestock and forestry. The farm is now mainly a commercial sheep farm so I am fully trained in all aspects of shepherding, husbandry, lambing, medicating and tupping and assist with shearing. The farm also has a small herd of goats, poultry, horses and donkeys and in the past it was an open children's farm with a bigger variety of livestock. I have had plenty of supervisory experience, mentored other staff and work experience students and given tours and talks to visiting school parties and hosted children's parties at the farm. I also worked on the forestry land, cutting felled trees using chainsaws and all specialist equipment to cut, prepare and deliver the logs. I left here last November to move to a public city farm in London. I then took on a temporary role at a Surrey farm but am now seeking another long term, more suitable position where I can progress and successfully continue with my passion for farming and build on my career.