| CV reference number: 68676 | |
| CV Headline | Enthusiastic & Reliable worker looking for a lambing job in UK, 8 years hands on experience |
| Qualifications and Experience | |
| Relevant qualifications | Not listed |
| Other qualifications | BSc (Hons) Sustainable Agriculture |
| Equipment experience | Tractor, Fencing |
| Other equipment experience | Limited tractor work, Drawing in bales to sheds, filling diet feeder |
| Livestock experience | Beef, Pig, Sheep, Lambing, Calving |
| 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) |
| Type of farming wanted | Mainly Livestock |
| Driving License | Full Car Licence, international |
| Personal information | |
| Sex | Male |
| Age | 23 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| First language | English |
| Other languages | |
| Pen picture | 5'9'' |
| Relevant health problems | No |
| Other Information | Won lamb producer of the year 2016 within Monaghan lamb producer group |
| Marital status | No |
| Where are you currently living? | Mayo |
| Do you have the right to work in the UK? | Yes |
| 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. |
| Hobbies | Play football, gaelic football along with general keeping fit |
| Preferences | |
| Availability | Start: 10/05/2019, Finish: 01/01/2020 |
| Type of job | Temporary |
| Preferred region | Anywhere |
| Where would you like to work? | UK |