Male available for Mainly Livestock work

CV Ref No. CV Reference No. - 98552

Currently a Herdsman on a dairy farm (Holstein Friesian dairy herd with a few brown swiss + AA beef herd + 3 AA bulls) working 700 acres between two farms , skills range from Milking ,loader work mixer wagon and straw chopper rotational grazing, fencing, drug administration,and calving.

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Qualifications and Experience

Relevant qualifications

BTEC, NVQ Level 1,2,3

Type of farming wanted

Mainly Livestock

Other qualifications

Btec- engineering

NVQ 3 equivalent - joinery, tiling, plastering

Driving Licence

Full Car Licence

Equipment experience

Tractor, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Fencing

Livestock experience

Dairy, Beef, Goat, Calving

Other equipment experience

All aspects of fencing(electric and stock).

New Holland tractors ( 6070,ts100) mainly using mixer wagons and straw choppers.

Manitou 630

Manitou 628( arctic mainly used for scraping sheds)

Other livestock experience

Daily management of dairy herd liaising with owners , drug administration, calving ,rotational grazing, record keeping,scraping out, bedding up

during winter months.Use of calving jack aswell as tubing new born calves with colostrum. IV lines for calcium deficiency in fresh calvers. Some experience in foot trimming but not extensive amounts. Dehorning experience but limited as usually done by a vet with my help on current farm I work on. The owners have pet goats that live directly outside my accommodation but the owners live on the other farm so they have become my responsibility whilst I am here so feet trimming feeding and bedding of goats.

Personal information

Sex

Male

Other Information

Few years of farming experience average weekly hours of 60-70 currently but still ready, eager and willing to learn and extremely driven to pursue farming as a lifelong career. Lived in lossiemouth and kinloss for a decade before taking current job out of necessity and would love to move my partner and I back home. Thankyou for considering my online application

Age

Marital status

Maybe we have a house in lossiemouth so she may stay there and come through if I get any time off

Nationality

British

Where are you currently living?

Wiltshire

First language

English

Do you have the right to work in the UK?

Yes

Other languages

Hobbies

Walk my dog I retire ex military dogs. Hiking and just being outside in general.

Pen picture (Height, weight etc.)

5ft 10 male 79kg Physically fit and able Extremely keen and wanting to learn more

Relevant health problems

None

Farming background

2011-2012 landscaper (Fencing,turf laying, concreting, drainage)

2013-2020 Infantry (learning the trade from scratch shows I have the ability to absorb information and perform efficiently. Involved trench digging ,sleep deprivation and working in all weathers.

2021- Kitchens warehouse operative

(taking deliveries,packing deliveries,constructing kitchens, driving Luton vans on delivery runs)

2022-Property maintenance self-employed

( roofing,fencing,guttering, garden maintenance,rendering and painting)

2023- Present - Herdsman - Milking,calving,drug administration,electric fencing ,rotational grazing ,tree planting,daily management of herd,record keeping,telehandler work, tractor driving winter routine(straw chopper, mixer wagon strauttman vectimix)

Preferences

Availability

Start: 22/09/2025 Finish: Not Specified

Preferred region

Type of job

Permanent

Where would you like to work?

Moray Highlands & Islands Scotland

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