CV Ref No. CV Reference No. - 27751

Self employed Northern Irishman based in Suffolk/Essex border area with 25 years experience in arable/vegetable farming and contracting.

Qualifications and Experience
Relevant qualifications

Not listed

Type of farming wanted

Mainly Arable

Other qualifications

Foundation Degree in Agriculture and Rural Studies with Commendation. Gained Safe Tractor driving certificate, First Aid, Forklift, Telehandler and hedgecutter tickets. Also Pa1 and Pa4 s+g.

Driving Licence

Full Car Licence, Tractor Licence

Equipment experience

Tractor, Combine, Baler, Ploughing, Drilling, PA1, Tracked Machine, Telehandler/Fork Lift

Livestock experience

Dairy, Beef, Sheep

Other equipment experience

Tractors: Most major makes from 30hp to 600hp including:

Massey 6,7,8000 and 8s series

John Deere 6,7 and 9000 series

New Holland Ts, Tm, T175 250

Case Puma, Optum, Magnum and Quadtrac

Valtra N and T series

Cat Challenger

Fendt 718 930

Machinery:

Ploughs 3 10 furrow, on land and in furrow

Combine NH 1090 with 40ft header

Cultivators topdown, sumo, discordon, carrier, subsoilers (with rape drill), press, rolls etc,

Vegetable Bedtillers, bedchoppers, ridgers, destoners, potato planter, triple potato toppers, stone burier, beet hoe etc

Baler NH 1290 high density

Silage Triple mowers, 30ft double rake, silage wagon, 18t trailers

Hedgecutter McConnell

Experienced in repairs and maintenance including welding

Many others not mentioned

Other livestock experience

Worked as relief Milker on herd of 200 spring calving Jersey cross cows. Did all feeding/bedding for all stock and also shifting fences, dosing etc. worked for 2 months in New Zealand for a dairy farm milking 450 cows through a 50 point rotary. Main tasks were milking, feeding out, shifting irrigators and shifting fence breaks. Some sheep experience gained on home farm were we used to have 100 texel cross ewes lambing at Christmas. Employer in New Zealand had 800 ewes so gained some experience mainly shifting them and working in the sheep yards. Have cattle experience gained at home as we used to finish store cattle, mainly Limousine.I also reared bull calves to finishing up until I went to England.

Personal information
Sex

Male

Other Information

I am a hard-working, honest and reliable worker with experience of large scale arable farming, contracting and livestock. I have a real passion for agriculture and want to continue my development in the industry.

Age

35

Marital status

Partner yes, family no.

Nationality

Northern Irish

Where are you currently living?

Suffolk/Essex

First language

English

Do you have the right to work in the UK?

Yes

Other languages

-

Hobbies

I used to play Rugby for a local club before injuries and work commitments stopped me. Travelling is also a passion of mine an have been lucky enough to see a lot of the world so far.

Pen picture (Height, weight etc.)

5ft 11, 13 stone

Relevant health problems

None

Farming background

I come from a small arable farm in Northern Ireland, now been living and working in southern England for approx 8 years. I am a self employed operator doing contracting work. Have extensive experience in all aspects of mechanised agriculture including:

Arable: Combining- NH Cr1090 with 40ft head

Cultivation: Ploughing - have 20 years experience of ploughing including 6 furrow - 10 furrow plough

Primary cultivations including 4.5m discordon and vaderstad topdown

Secondary cultivations including pressing, tine cultivators, discing, rolls etc

Baling: 6 string high density baling

Slug pelleting

Chaser bin: 20t Western on Challenger

Root crops: 5 years experience of all parts of veg work: Destoning, ridging, bedtilling, bedchopping, nematicide application, crop topping, potato and carrot planting.

Hedgecutting: 5 years experience, field and roadside.

Forage harvesting (Grass and Maize): Self propelled and Forage wagon.

Grass mowing, raking and tedding.

Trailer work: Grain, silage, vegetables, muck etc.

Too much really to list, have driven every major make and model of tractor from 30hp to 600hp.

Preferences
Availability

Start: 01/11/2023 Finish: Not Specified

Preferred region

East Anglia

Type of job

Permanent

Where would you like to work?

Suffolk/Essex

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