| CV reference number: 49025 | |
| CV Headline | South African Cattleman aged 27, with farming background, degree and experience looking for a position on a Beef/sheep farm in the UK. |
| Qualifications and Experience | |
| Relevant qualifications | Not listed |
| Other qualifications | Bachelors of Agriculture (BAgric) , Stellenbosch University South Africa. |
| Equipment experience | Tractor, Baler, Telehandler/fork lift, Other harvesters, Fencing |
| Other equipment experience | Tractors up to 200 HP. Manitou Telehandler work, feeding silage, hay, clearing rubble. Various tractor work including scraping, loading, topping and trailed implements. Assisted with bailing and hay making, driven lorry's and forklift work, tractors and trailed implements. Worked on dairy farm, using scraper tractor on daily basis, scraping out sheds. Drove valtra tractor in from fields with trailer when bringing in silage bales. Maintenance work on machinery. |
| Livestock experience | Dairy, Beef, Pig, Sheep, Lambing, Calving, Poultry |
| Other livestock experience | Herdsman- Dairy Farm- 200 cows- Calf rearing, Milking, bedding, feeding. Stockman- Beef farm 120 cows during calving season.General farm worker- Working with 600 laying hens, 400 texel cross sheep, dosing, Lamber/Shepherd- Lambing 350 Lleyn gimmers and working with 700 Lleyn ewes, tractor work, veterinary work, quad bike, working dogs. Herd Manager- South African farm with 50 Pedigree Sussex cows, breeding/selection, veld management, grazing techniques, tick control, herd health. |
| Type of farming wanted | Mainly Livestock |
| Driving License | Full Car Licence |
| Personal information | |
| Sex | Male |
| Age | 27 |
| Nationality | South African |
| First language | English |
| Other languages | Afrikaans |
| Pen picture | 6 ft 14 stone. Physically fit and strong. Tough. |
| Relevant health problems | No |
| Other Information | Mechanically minded. Best student plant and animal production Stellenbosch university 2016. Golden key international honorary society 2016 |
| Marital status | No |
| Where are you currently living? | Hertfordshire |
| Do you have the right to work in the UK? | Yes |
| Farming background | 2010-2014- Manager- In charge of Irrigation and quality control of Citrus Orchards as well as harvest( tractor, Lorry and forklift work) on farm in South Africa and managed small herd of 50 Sussex beef cows. 2017 Stockman- worked on farms in Scotland during calving and lambing to gain UK experience, working with beef pedigree Luing and 120 Simmental cross cows as well as Lleyn, blackie and texel sheep. Worked with variety of beef cows and sheep breeds, working dogs, lambing, calving and doing grazing practices, quad bikes and snacker, tractors, fencing. 2017-2018. Worked on Dairy farm in Shropshire England milking 200 cows and raising calves, bedding and mucking out, tractor work, telehandler, quad bikes, strip grazing and electric fence work, parlor hygiene and , health, mastitis, milk fever, foot bath, and other animal health related activities, calving. |
| Hobbies | Pub, music, outdoors, reading, westerns, exploring UK, rugby. |
| Preferences | |
| Availability | Start: 07/07/2018, Finish: Not Specified |
| Type of job | Any |
| Preferred region | Anywhere |
| Where would you like to work? | UK |