Male available for Mainly Arable, Mixed Farming work

CV Ref No. CV Reference No. - 90458

Tractor driver and qualified agricultural engineer. Experienced in silaging, crop establishment and harvesting, spraying (PA1 and 2), hedgecutting, telehandler work etc. Happy to work with cattle, feeding/bedding etc. Enjoy workshop/fabrication work and have extensive toolbox.

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Qualifications and Experience

Relevant qualifications

BTEC, City and Guilds, NVQ Level 1,2,3

Type of farming wanted

Mainly Arable, Mixed Farming

Other qualifications

7.5t lorry licence (requires new medical checkup)
Trailer licence (B + E)

Driving Licence

Full Car Licence, Tractor Licence

Equipment experience

Tractor, Combine, Baler, Ploughing, Drilling, PA1, PA2, Telehandler/Fork Lift

Livestock experience

Dairy, Beef, Sheep

Other equipment experience

Experienced in ploughing, seedbed preparation and drilling. All aspects of manure and waste handling. Fertiliser spreading. Spraying (mounted) . Carrying out all silaging operations, mowing, raking and round baling. Corn and bale carting. Hedge trimming and feeding using diet feeder and straw bedding. Extensive use of Greenstar GPS and field management. Extremely computer literate using Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, Herdwatch and GPS management software. Excellent record keeping. and organisational skills.

Other livestock experience

Experience with cattle handling, feed and bedding etc. Have assisted with calving, night checks etc.

Personal information

Sex

Male

Other Information

Age

Marital status

Married, older children have left home, 13 year old son still at home (loves helping on the farm, spent this summer raking/tedding and wrapping for us). Wife working part time in a school.

Nationality

United Kingdom

Where are you currently living?

Dumfries

First language

English

Do you have the right to work in the UK?

Yes

Other languages

Hobbies

I enjoy engineering, fabrication and most hands on trades. Competent with electrics, plumbing, woodwork and construction. Built my own workshop eight years ago. I seem to like old stuff, have a collection of classic cars, and a few tractors (work in progress). I collect vintage computers and literature, Long time subscriber to Classic tractor, Profi and member of many Ford tractor clubs. I attend as many tractor rallies and shows as I am able too. Keen cyclist and hill walking (although out of practice at the moment)

Pen picture (Height, weight etc.)

6ft tall, 110kgs (work in progress!). Physically strong and able bodied

Relevant health problems

Type 1 diabetes (15yrs +), well managed and controlled

Farming background

Farmer son. Worked at home until age 20 and farm was sold. Worked for local farmer as summer help autumn 2000. Worked for local auto engineering firm 2000 - 2001. Set up my own business contracting, farm machine repairs and auto repairs 2003. Worked part time for a dairy farmer as tractor driver 2003 - 2005. Went full time on car, lorry and tractor repairs/maintenance 2005 - 2018, but continued to assist the dairy farmer, as they expanded into producing ice cream, with silaging / reseeding / carting and general fieldwork. Lost workshop (due to housing planning permission) in 2018, so moved back to dairy farm and built my own workshop on site and took on head/main/only tractor driving role, and continued workshop and auto repairs during winter/downtime.

Decided that I wanted to go back into full time farming so moved the Scotland in 2022 and took up a head tractor / workshop manager role on a large estate in SW Scotland. Will not return to A) Sussex, or B) Fixing cars.

Preferences

Availability

Start: 02/12/2025 Finish: Not Specified

Preferred region

Scotland

Type of job

Permanent

Where would you like to work?

We are currently living near Dumfries, having moved up from Sussex 3 years ago. We love the countryside and have holidayed extensively here in Scotland for the past 15 years or so before moving up.

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