Male available for Mainly Livestock, Mixed Farming work

Qualifications and Experience

Relevant qualifications

Not listed

Type of farming wanted

Mainly Livestock, Mixed Farming

Other qualifications

HND Agriculture
HNC Rural Animal Health

Driving Licence

Full Car Licence, Tractor Licence

Equipment experience

Tractor, Combine, Baler, Ploughing, Drilling, Tracked Machine, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Fencing

Livestock experience

Dairy, Beef, Sheep, Lambing, Calving

Other equipment experience

All types of tractor work, tracked fencing hammer, excavator, forklift, towing heavy loads, combining, cultivating, ATV, Trailers

Other livestock experience

Extensive shepherding, both in UK and Australia - lambing, banding,foot care and general health, shearing and selection, working dogs.

Dairy - milking and calf rearing.

Beef cattle - pasture management and feeding, foot care and general health check, de-horning, selection.

Personal information

Sex

Male

Other Information

-

Age

30

Marital status

Married with children

Nationality

British

Where are you currently living?

Aberdeenshire

First language

English

Do you have the right to work in the UK?

Yes

Other languages

-

Hobbies

Shooting, stalking, running and horse riding

Pen picture (Height, weight etc.)

6ft1 90 kgs

Relevant health problems

N/A

Farming background

March 2024 - Present - Temporary Position

Lambing season

I lambed this season here, mainly sole charge at secondary farm and also undertook calving, mucking out and tractor work.

April 2023 - March 2024

Seasonal as and when required work whilst at college - tractor work, baling, silage, spreading and livestock work.

2021 - 2023

Stockman / General Farm Worker

general farm work, feeding and welfare and health checks, assistance with calving, tagging, castrating of calves and lambs, worming and clipping of prime cattle ready for sale, transportation of livestock, Lambing, feeding and checking of the flock, worming, vaccinating, shearing, gathering hill ewes

April 2019 - November 2021

Stockman. Farm Worker/Fencing Labourer

Duties Livestock management, pasture management, water and drainage, Transportation of hay and straw and feed, cultivating, shearing, working dogs, general yard maintenance and grass, shrubs and tree care. Fencing both on the farm and outside agricultural and residential. Transportation of heavy loads. Vehicle maintenance and repair.

March 2018 March 2019

Australia

I spent a year working around Australia to experience farming in a different environment.

Jobs included:

•Large scale sowing Broadacre

•Cattle station worker

•Dairy farm worker

•Stable hand at racing yard

•Gardening

•Shepherding

October 2015 February 2018

General Farm Worker

Duties included

•caring for cattle including, feeding, vaccinations, cleaning, general health care and selection and preparation for market.

•Tractor work including ploughing, cultivating, combining, carting grain and baling.

•Routine maintenance and repair of farm machinery

•Fencing

Dec 2013-September 2015

General Farm worker/ Milker

Duties included:

•Milking

•Calf rearing

•Tractor work

•Machinery maintenance

•General farm work

•Shed raising

2012-2013

Seasonal Harvest Worker

Duties included:

•Carting grain

•Carting Bales

•Ploughing

•Tractor work

March 2008 - 2012

Under Shepherd

I spent time as part of my studies in shepherding here each lambing season. Duties included:

•General care of herd

•Working dogs

•Lambing

•Tagging, banding, vaccinating and worming lambs

•Moving ewes and lambs to pasture

•Clipping

•Crutching for slaughter

Preferences

Availability

Start: 09/09/2024 Finish: Not Specified

Preferred region

Scotland

Type of job

Permanent

Where would you like to work?

Ideally I would like to stay in Scotland but open to further afield for the right job