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Oakham, Gb

Mawthorpe, England, United Kingdom

Stamford, England, United Kingdom

Mawthorpe, England, United Kingdom

Completion on the Velcourt Training Scheme. Assisting the farm manger with the day to day running of a 1,250ha combinable cropping business.Extensive time working alongside the farm manager preparing financial budgets, reconciling grain movements, stewardship planning, leading external audits and on-farm administration. Gatekeeper use conducting stock reconciliation, mapping and operation planning. Writing business and financial reports in preparation for… Show more Completion on the Velcourt Training Scheme. Assisting the farm manger with the day to day running of a 1,250ha combinable cropping business.Extensive time working alongside the farm manager preparing financial budgets, reconciling grain movements, stewardship planning, leading external audits and on-farm administration. Gatekeeper use conducting stock reconciliation, mapping and operation planning. Writing business and financial reports in preparation for quarterly meetings with land owners. Time spent crop walking with regional agronomists to discuss agronomic decisions. Responsible for researching and producing justification for several large machinery purchases. Operating a Horsch Leeb 6LT, (previously a Sands Horizon 5500) applying pesticides and liquid fertiliser for all application splits alongside diligent chemical store management. Day to day management of a four-man harvest team whilst operating a Claas Lexion 780, cutting cereals, oilseed rape and beans. Also led the pre-harvest health and safety briefing for all members of staff.Mentoring harvest casuals with little experience of machine operation and guidance systems. General arable operations including grain store management, loading lorries, cultivations, rolling, slug pellet/avadex applications, use of RTK through AFS and AgLeader technology and workshop duties. Show less

Hadlow, England, United Kingdom

Combine operator using a Case Axial Flow 7250 cutting cereals, oilseed rape, peas, beans, and linseed. Tractor work using Case Magnums, pumas and Quantums alongside JCB 535-95 telehandler operation. Cultivating using a Väderstad Topdown 400 and a variety of tined cultivation implements. Involvement with top-fruit operations including fertiliser spreading and using a Prins Boxer counterbalance forklift to organise fruit boxes during the apple and pear… Show more Combine operator using a Case Axial Flow 7250 cutting cereals, oilseed rape, peas, beans, and linseed. Tractor work using Case Magnums, pumas and Quantums alongside JCB 535-95 telehandler operation. Cultivating using a Väderstad Topdown 400 and a variety of tined cultivation implements. Involvement with top-fruit operations including fertiliser spreading and using a Prins Boxer counterbalance forklift to organise fruit boxes during the apple and pear harvest.Other duties including stock taking, grain store management, Cambridge rolling, topping, muck carting, haulage of fruit to packhouse, rabbit fencing and drainage. Show less

Dover, England, United Kingdom

Tractor work operating a Case Quadtrac 540, Optum 300 CVX, Pumas and JCB Fastrac 4220.Drilling experience using a Horsch Sprinter 6ST & 8SW, Horsch Avatar 6.16SD and Vaderstad Rapid A 400S. Drilling oilseed rape using a HE-VA sub-soiler Accu-Disc.Spraying and mixing experience using a Agifac Condor Endurace 8,000l and Vegcraft Profil mixer bowser.Cultivations using a Väderstad Carrier XL 625, Lemken Karat 12 and Horsch Terrano 6 FX and 6 MT.Relief driving… Show more Tractor work operating a Case Quadtrac 540, Optum 300 CVX, Pumas and JCB Fastrac 4220.Drilling experience using a Horsch Sprinter 6ST & 8SW, Horsch Avatar 6.16SD and Vaderstad Rapid A 400S. Drilling oilseed rape using a HE-VA sub-soiler Accu-Disc.Spraying and mixing experience using a Agifac Condor Endurace 8,000l and Vegcraft Profil mixer bowser.Cultivations using a Väderstad Carrier XL 625, Lemken Karat 12 and Horsch Terrano 6 FX and 6 MT.Relief driving a Claas Lexion 770 cutting oilseed rape and cereals. Other duties including slug pelleting, corn carting, stubble raking, muck spreading and Cambridge rolling.Involvement in grain store operations, including cleaning, sampling and drying. Operating JCB 536-70 and Case 742 loaders during all aspects of arable farming.Across the year when the Assistant Farm Manager was not on-farm, taking on his day to day role: organising lorries, solving machinery break downs and liaising with the farm manager over daily tasks.General duties including machinery/building maintenance, rabbit fencing/gassing and tree limbing Show less

Welford, Northamptonshire

Seasonal work felling Christmas trees with responsibility as team manager for five other staff members. Customer interactions – Selling, organisation of operations and customer logistics around the site.

Yattendon, Berkshire

Corn carting using Claas, Fendt and Case tractors with 14t Warwick trailers.Operating CAT TH407C telehandlers for general grain store operations. General harvest duties including fuelling larger machinery, blowing combines down daily, involvement with grain dryer/store operations including store maintenance and sampling grain.

Flore, Northampton

Operating a Case and John Deere tractors with 18t Bailey trailers and Simba minimum tillage equipment. Operating a JCB 531-70 telehandler - Loading lorries, pushing grain and operating a man cage.Livestock duties with a 500 ewe flock: general health upkeep, foot trimming, injecting and worming.

Guilsborough, Northamptonshire

Agriculture With Mechanisation, Mechanisation, 1St Class Honours

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