Head shephercd and beef stockman with forestry and woodland management experience
NCA, City and Guilds
Mainly Livestock, Mixed Farming
City and guilds certification
H Category tracked tractor license
Telehandler certification
Chainsaw certification
Quad bike
360 digger certification
Full Car Licence, Tractor Licence
Tractor, Combine, Baler, Ploughing, Drilling, Tracked Machine, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Fencing
Beef, Sheep, Lambing, Calving
Primary and secondary cultivations, drilling using large tracked machines. Grass cutting mowing and raking . Both round and conventional baling and all types of trailer work. Forestry work including timber extraction using crane trailers and winch tractors, firewood processors and bandsaw mills. 360 diggers from 3 to 11 ton machines
All sheep tasks from lambing to marketing including shearing , flock performance recording ,indoor and outdoor lambing, dipping, livestock transportation, replacement selection. Using up to date technology such as ebv's and faecal egg counting.Various grazing techniques from permanent pasture,grass leys and cover crops to herbal leys and forage crops
Suckler herd management includes calving, drenching and weighing
Fat stock selection
Grassland management both conventional and regenerative/ conservation grazing techniques
Livestock transport using both tractor and truck trailers
I also have competent sheep dogs
Permanent fencing and electric fencing using Rappa systems
Prattley mobile yards and weighing systems
Male
Happy, cheerful hard working with GSOH, able to work alone or in a team. Prepared to take the lead or take direction
50
Married, accommodation required
United Kingdom
North Yorkshire
British
Yes
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Sheep dog and gun dog training, hedge laying competitions
5'7, 13 stone, fit and healthy
No
1987-2010worked for family business farming and forestry looking after suckler cows and sheep flock, local livestock contracting shearing
and livestock husbandry. Working on local farms for harvest ploughing drilling etc
Forestry work ,fencing and hedgelaying .
2010-2015 Estate Head stockman looking after 1200 ewes and 150 suckler cows ,harvest tractor work including ploughing, drilling mowing, tedding and baling
2015- present Head shepherd looking after 1500 ewes and helping Cowman with 450 suckler cows. Grassland management including mowing tedding and baling topping and fencing .
Start: 02/10/2023 Finish: Not Specified
North East
Permanent
North Yorkshire or East Anglia