Tractor Experience - I have experience in carting, hauling Bales, telehandler work and hauling sheep. I undertook two seasons of bailing on the Isle of Lewis and regularly use a tractor to maintain my croft.

HGV 1 Experience - collecting various wagons for service, car transport, recovery work, Hauling a variety of loads regularly, recently updated my CPC training in 2020.

HGV 2 Experience - Parcel deliveries in my spare time.

Tracked Machine Experience - Drainage and Loading, but no tickets held.

Fork Lift Experience - I have obtained obtained a counterbalance forklift certificate and have some experience of handling a telehandler. I use the telehandler in my current position. The company provided with their own on site training.

Fencing Experience - I have undertaken fencing work on my own croft and with the village common grazing. This has included rylock fencing, electric fencing, and wooden fencing.

I have reared my own pigs within my own croft, this has involved farrowing and rearing for market. I have kept pigs part-time and have gained valuable knowledge and confidence within this time of handling pigs and rearing them.

I have often kept chickens and ducks and have re homed a number of ex battery hens and have kept them for their eggs. I have learned how to make chicken huts and runs and regularly update their enclosures.

My family have always kept sheep and I have helped the family with all aspects of looking after their flocks since childhood. This has involved dipping, dosing, relocating them to a new area and lambing. I have also participated in the documentation of record keeping.

I have experience in looking after cows, from feeding them, separating the calves and moving them. I have worked with large herds and I am confident in handling cattle.