CV Ref No. CV Reference No. - 68676
Enthusiastic & Reliable worker looking for a lambing job in UK, 8 years hands on experience
Qualifications and Experience
Relevant qualifications

Not listed

Type of farming wanted

Mainly Livestock

Other qualifications

BSc (Hons) Sustainable Agriculture

Driving Licence

Full Car Licence, International

Equipment experience

Tractor, Fencing

Livestock experience

Beef, Pig, Sheep, Lambing, Calving

Other equipment experience

Limited tractor work, Drawing in bales to sheds, filling diet feeder

Other livestock experience

Highly experienced in all aspects of sheep farming i.e. ewe selection, flock health, lambing (assist ewe, ring tails, ring castration, adoptions, pet lamb management etc.), grassland management, reaching weight targets, tagging, dagging, pairing feet, feed stock Calving cows, tagging calves, herd health plan, clipping backs, feed cattle Farrowing sows, vaccinate pigs, clip teeth, dock tails, vaccinate sows, manage automatic feeders, AI (artificial insemination) sows, select fatteners for slaughter (relatively good experience within all stages of pig production)

Personal information
Sex

Male

Other Information

Won lamb producer of the year 2016 within Monaghan lamb producer group

Age

23

Marital status

No

Nationality

Irish

Where are you currently living?

Mayo

First language

English

Do you have the right to work in the UK?

Yes

Other languages

-

Hobbies

Play football, gaelic football along with general keeping fit

Pen picture (Height, weight etc.)

5'9''

Relevant health problems

No

Farming background

2008- present: working on sheep farm with approx 100 lambing each year, scanning usually around 2 lambs/ewe resulting in 1.8-1.9 lambs/ewe out at grass (fattened on grass with concentrates introduced late on if needed) 2014-2018: Studied Sustainable agriculture in Dundalk Institute of Technology, 2 placement opportunities; Feb-Apr 2016 - 1000+ acre farm. Heavily involved with pigs, sheep and cattle. All aspects covered such as lambing (outdoors) ewe/lamb health etc, calving cows, diet feeding cattle, vaccinating/ dosing etc, Pig farrowing, vaccinating, weaning, record keeping etc May-Aug 2017 Trained in all parts of factory most experience gained in packaging department, assembling + scanning orders destined for export March 2019 - Night lambing job for 500 ewes in Northern Ireland. 350 lowland ewes and 150 horny ewes. All aspects of lambing covered from lambing the ewe to turning out to grass.

Preferences
Availability

Start: 10/05/2019 Finish: 01/01/2020

Preferred region

South West

Type of job

Temporary

Where would you like to work?

UK

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