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Responsible farm worker who is passionate and motivated, with a drive for success. Looking for work in livestock with an ambition to improve my skills and knowledge mainly within the industry.
BTEC, City and Guilds
Mainly Livestock
Level 3 Extended Diploma - Agriculture (2018-2020)
Full Car Licence
Tractor
Dairy, Pig, Sheep, Lambing, Calving, Poultry
- Telehandler work has been done when at previous job (No Ticket)
- Ploughing, Muck Spreading and power harrowing ( Experience only at college)
- ATV/ Sit in ATV experience at multiple work places (No Ticket)
- Routine scraper tractor driving over previous employment.
My previous employment was on a 450 dairy unit. Here i was a trainee herdsman straight from college. Before this I was lambing over 6 weeks on a 500 ewe farm. At the same time as lambing at college I was working at Fishers farm park, working with a range of different animals. During going to college i would do one day a week work experience on a Organic poultry, sheep and beef farm.
Male
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19
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United Kingdom
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English
Yes
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- Over the two years I have bought and reared two groups of weaner boars. From 8 weeks to slaughter. Here I had to do all the movements for them and slaughter paper work.
6ft, Around 12 Stone
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I have family that are contractors and spent small amounts of time seeing what they do. I have done work experience over the two years that I was at college (finished May 2020) this included working on a sheep, beef and poultry farm, lambing over 6 weeks on a 500 ewe unit. Also small amounts of dairy work at college and before I started working at previous employment. Along side this I have also reared two groups of weaners as a small hobby which was all self taught.
Trainee Herdsman May 2020- November 2020
Responsibilities:
•Maintaining general well-being of the cows.
•Milking.
•Milk recording.
•Washing down the parlour.
•Scraping.
•Calving.
•Keeping the farm clean and tidy.
•Record keeping.
•Feeding the cows.
•Bedding up.
•Fencing.
•Maintaining and servicing machinery on a regular basis.
•Maintaining the buildings, etc. and any other reasonable job relating to the dairy.
•Providing general care for the replacement heifers on the unit as well as general care of calves kept at the unit.
Casual Farm Worker April 2018 April 2020
Responsibilities:
•Feed and water livestock.
•Monitor food and water supplies.
•Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease.
•Move equipment and livestock from one location to another manually.
•Providing livestock quality and quantity of food required by the farm.
•Handing of multiple species of animals.
•Maintain good teamwork with other members of staff.
Work Experience:
Farm Worker March 2020-April 2020 (6 Weeks)
Nature of organisation: 500 breeding ewes
Responsibilities:
•Bedding, Feeding, and providing fresh water to the animals.
•Assisting any ewes with lambing.
•Health checking animals.
•Foot trimming.
•Movement of animals when needed.
•Fly spraying and worming ewes.
•Turning animals out.
•Assisting struggling lambs.
Farm Worker June 2019- January 2020
Nature of organisation: Organic Poultry and Sheep farm with a small beef herd.
Responsibilities:
•Maintaining general animal warfare.
•Feeding of laying and meat chickens.
•Collecting eggs.
•Boxing eggs.
•Grading eggs.
•General mucking out.
•Using Prattley System.
•Pressure washing.
•Fence/gate repairs.
Start: 31/01/2021 Finish: Not Specified
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My main interest lies in sheep and beef farming and would like to gain alot more experience and knowledge withing those industries. I would also be willing to work on a dairy farm once again. Keen to learn and willing to improve my knowledge and farming skills in general.
