CV Ref No. CV Reference No. - 38143

Working couple / enthusiastic herdsperson / calf rearer/ Milker / Stud hand / Groom / stock-person/ rider / instructor / youngstock manager / business person / calving / foaling / GFW / dog trainer / cattle AI / cattle foot trimming

Qualifications and Experience
Relevant qualifications

Not listed

Type of farming wanted

Mainly Livestock, Mixed Farming, Other

Other qualifications

Numerous certificates from NADIS and farmers academy including horses, working dogs, cattle, sheep, arable and domestic animals including small animal micro chipping cattle Ai ticket and foot trimming

Driving Licence

Full Car Licence, Tractor Licence, LGV/HGV Truck, LGV C+E (UK Only)

Equipment experience

Tractor, Telehandler/Fork Lift

Livestock experience

Dairy, Beef, Goat, Sheep, Lambing, Calving, Poultry

Other equipment experience

Quad bike ticket

Other livestock experience

Also have life long experience with Horses, dogs, poultry, alpacas, domestics and exotics. Lambing assistant / calving assistant / relief milker.

Personal information
Sex

Female

Other Information

Accommodation Must be dog, cat and partner friendly, ideally with a space to keep two horses (although this is not essential it would be preferable)

Age

37

Marital status

Yes, working partner, working dogs (Skip and Pea, border collies) and pets (non working german shepherd, and five cats... All female, all neutered, all house trained)

Nationality

English

Where are you currently living?

Dorset

First language

English

Do you have the right to work in the UK?

Yes

Other languages

-

Hobbies

Sleep! I also enjoy photography (particularly animal photography) and training animals of all shapes and sizes for everything from your usual day to day training for the family pet dog to trick training for filming/photo shoots and we both live for our animals

Pen picture (Height, weight etc.)

Hard working female, 5ft 6ins, not afraid to get dirty and stuck in, come fully prepared with working partner, Collies, wellies, waterproofs and head torch!!

Relevant health problems

no

Farming background

2004-2013 general farm hand / lambing assistant / calving assistant / relief milker in mixed farm with 200 suckler herd, 250 dairy herd and 600 mule ewes 2013-2014 youngstock manager / relief milker / general farm hand, Waddesden. 2014-2015 organic dairy herd assistant herdsman, grassland management for anorganics company 2015-2016 freelance shepherd looking after rare breed sheep and stud hand for a sport horse stud in Buckinghamshire 2016-2018 herdsman for 120 dairy herd doing own ai and foot trimming and all associated tasks

2018-2019 self employed herdsman for 800 cow dairy unit with all associated tasks including bringing unit up to modern standard

2019-present self employed herdsman/dairy manager for 150 mixed dairy herd including heifer care, grassland management and all associated tasks

Preferences
Availability

Start: 15/08/2020 Finish: Not Specified

Preferred region

South West

Type of job

Permanent

Where would you like to work?

We would be happy to relocate for the right, permanent position

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