Farm Manager - Brigstrup Farm
(2016-01)
- Planning how the farm will run
- Setting budget and production targets
- Buying and selling animals or produce
- Keeping financial and stock records
- Recruiting, training and supervising staff
Farm Manager - Chanudys Farm
(2013-01 - 2016-12)
- Feeding and looking after livestock
- Treating animals and crops to prevent disease
- Operating a variety of farming machinery
- Ploughing fields, sowing seeds and harvesting crops
- Repairing farm machinery like tractors, ploughs and combine harvesters
- Maintaining farm buildings
- Trimming hedges, clearing drainage ditches and mending fences and walls
General Manager/MD - NSG Building and Maintenance
(2012-01 - 2013-12)
- Raising plants from seeds or cuttings
- Digging, planting and weeding flower beds and borders
- Pruning shrubs checking the health of plants by identifying any pests or diseases and controlling them
- Applying nutrients to plants and maintaining moisture levels using machinery such as lawn mowers, rotovators and hedge trimmers
- Maintaining high levels of presentation
- Cleaning and maintaining tools and equipment
Bricklayer/Labourer - KB Brickwork and Building
(2003-01 - 2012-12)
- Measuring the work area and setting out the first rows of bricks and the damp course mixing mortar by hand or with a mechanical mixer
- Laying the bricks on top of each other and applying the mortar with a trowel
- Shaping and trimming bricks using hammers, chisels and power tools
- Checking that courses are straight using water or laser spirit levels and plumb lines
Labourer/Machine Driver/Excavator - Greenford Civil Engineering
(1997-01 - 2003-12)
- Digging trenches, laying foundations, building walls
- Driving various machinery
Farm Worker - JM Castle & Sons
(1990-01 - 1997-12)
- Working with animals - Feeding, cleaning (mucking out), caring for sick or new born livestock and intensive pig farming
- Ploughing fields, sowing seeds, spreading fertiliser, crop spraying and harvesting operating tractors, combine harvesters and other farm vehicles maintenance of farm buildings
- Laying and trimming hedges digging and maintaining ditches putting up and mending fences
