The simple and affordable way to
find farm and rural staff
find farm and rural staff
Im a dedicated Assistant Livestock Manager with experience in caring for rare breed sheep and other livestock. I manage health, breeding, records, fencing, pasture care, and supervise a team. Im seeking a new role where I can apply my skills in livestock management and contribute to the field
City and Guilds
Mainly Livestock
•GCSEs x 6
•Level 2 Apprenticeship in Livestock (apprentice of the year, 2019)
•Level 2 Certificate Safe Use of Veterinary Medicine in sheep, goats and pigs
•First Aid trained
•Yellow Wellies Introduction to Farm Safety
•Telehandler ticket
•Animal transport certificate of competence (sheep, goats, pigs, equines and poultry)
Full Car Licence
Tractor, Baler, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Fencing
Beef, Pig, Goat, Sheep, Lambing, Calving, Poultry
•Operating telehandlers, tractors, RTVs and farm trucks
•Assist with the making and carting of all our hay, haylage and straw bales.
•Ensuring the health and care of our 300 rare breed sheep is kept at a high standard. This includes vaccinating, drenching, bolus applicating, hoof care, dagging, all aspects of lambing.
•Daily stock checks of all sheep, pigs, goats and heavy horses on the wider estate.
•Working with estate administrator to ensure all stock records are accurate and up to date.
•Keeping records of the flock numbers and where they are grazing at all times.
•Working with breed societies and the RBST to get the best rams, boars and billy goats for our flocks/herds and diversifying the gene pools around the country.
•Selecting replacement ewe lambs from our home bred stock in accordance to breed standard.
•Working with the mineral rep to ensure the sheep get exactly what they need.
Male
-
23
-
United Kingdom
No Information
English
Yes
-
-
-
-
Previous role
•Shepherd August 2020 to July 2021
-Working with 300 breeding ewes, 1000 store lambs and a mix of cattle.
Other relevant experience
•Volunteer Watatunga 2022
-Working with stock manager
•Freelance
-Raising and selling own lambs and poultry as meat boxes
-Assisting local smallholders and farmers with livestock care. Including sheep, yaks, goats, alpacas, poultry and rare breed pigs.
Start: 27/05/2025 Finish: Not Specified
-
Permanent
-
