Advice on job change

[kiwi pom]

If you're going driving maybe a milk tanker? Easy, clean, regular work, still kind of agricultural. Don't know what it pays like over there though.

 

[ollie989898]

If you decide to work for MVF they will look after you, I will say that.

If you are considering truck driving or even big plant I would start by asking R.L Taylor. I can think of some other hauliers and similar in the area if I scratch my head a bit.

There must be a serious spud or arable farm within an hour of where you live Rusty, skills like yours don't exactly grow on trees any more. Loads of people would be pleased to have you if you are reliable and sympathetic with kit. What about the sewage crew, Dampneys? Or work on an AD plant?

 

[ollie989898]

Driving a mill/mix lorry would be awful job in my opinion. Working in loud dusty environment all day. Breathing ammonia fumes all day when propcorning barley. Humping tons of maxammon into hoppers when putting that on.

The drivers that I've met when they used to come here were great lads. But just let's say they were a special breed of people.

Remember hearing the other drivers were moaning the mill/mix drivers were on more money. They offered any of them a job on a mixer lorry and nobody would move!

Depends on the sort of mill and mix system used. The guy I used to work for had a fleet of mill and mix which created very little dust as it was a sealed kind of unit.

 

[Rustyt6090]

If you decide to work for MVF they will look after you, I will say that.

If you are considering truck driving or even big plant I would start by asking R.L Taylor. I can think of some other hauliers and similar in the area if I scratch my head a bit.

There must be a serious spud or arable farm within an hour of where you live Rusty, skills like yours don't exactly grow on trees any more. Loads of people would be pleased to have you if you are reliable and sympathetic with kit. What about the sewage crew, Dampneys? Or work on an AD plant?

There are a few big farms but no one is hiring atm well that i can find anyway as I don't have pa1 and 2 most of them are not interested. Most ad plants i know of work all night and day so wouldn't really be suitable as I'm trying to cut the hours down not just change job.

 

[Spud]

There are a few big farms but no one is hiring atm well that i can find anyway as I don't have pa1 and 2 most of them are not interested. Most ad plants i know of work all night and day so wouldn't really be suitable as I'm trying to cut the hours down not just change job.

If you fancy a move to Yorkshire there's a job here not filled yet

 

[ollie989898]

There are a few big farms but no one is hiring atm well that i can find anyway as I don't have pa1 and 2 most of them are not interested. Most ad plants i know of work all night and day so wouldn't really be suitable as I'm trying to cut the hours down not just change job.

You can get PA1 and PA2 yourself for not a lot of money. Don't let that put you off. If you are into roots/veg/arable then getting BASIS might be a worthwhile move as well. Depends if you like spraying and agronomy etc?

 

[Rustyt6090]

You can get PA1 and PA2 yourself for not a lot of money. Don't let that put you off. If you are into roots/veg/arable then getting BASIS might be a worthwhile move as well. Depends if you like spraying and agronomy etc?

Its not a job that excites me but I have never done any spraying. Probably with all the technology now days it wouldn't be that bad with auto rates,cut off etc.

 

[Spud]

Its not a job that excites me but I have never done any spraying. Probably with all the technology now days it wouldn't be that bad with auto rates,cut off etc.

Plenty to do here without spraying, but you can do some if you want!

 

[Rustyt6090]

If you fancy a move to Yorkshire there's a job here not filled yet

I would be willing to move but Yorkshire is a bit far from family.

 

[Spud]

I would be willing to move but Yorkshire is a bit far from family.

Thats understandable, best of luck to you

 

[BAF]

I'm looking to change career now too. Coming up 20 years I've been working in Horse Racing - started when I was 14/15 to spite my parents! Did well at school which as an adult means less than the paper its printed on! Did my ND3 in agriculture and again did quite well without being properly committed and mainly focusing on racing! I've got a teenage step daughter and a lunatic 3yr old as well as my wife who is currently the bread winner, and I need a change to a more consistent and better paying job! Racehorses trainers up this way still think you should be riding them for the joy of it!
I like sheep, I do some relief milking and gfw for a farmer locally but they haven't got enough work to give me more hours. I'm a bit of an amateur butcher and kill a few sheep, turkeys and chickens - I draw the line at pigs because they're bloody hard work!
I had my first ever real life job interview on Friday working alongside a carcass grader and training to do his job and a few other jobs. It was good money, getting towards £700/week after training up. But I havent got the mental alacrity to work in a factory all day 6-4 shooting cows in the face and looking at carcasses.
Retraining at 34 is daunting beyond belief! Especially as I've made my self so specialised I'm nearly no more qualified than a 16yr old school leaver!
I have got another interview this week as an assistant farm manager on a chicken farm which floats my boat a bit more I think. I did see a job I'd like, shepherd to a massive flock down south but the famalam wouldn't want to relocate and I couldn't ask my wife to give up her job of 15 ish years and start again.

 

[Will 1594]

Its not a job that excites me but I have never done any spraying. Probably with all the technology now days it wouldn't be that bad with auto rates,cut off etc.

One of best jobs spraying , even better this year with new ,one coming ,
but most fun spraying all game strips arond 36 strips and grass paddocks , with old 12 m

 

[ollie989898]

I'm looking to change career now too. Coming up 20 years I've been working in Horse Racing - started when I was 14/15 to spite my parents! Did well at school which as an adult means less than the paper its printed on! Did my ND3 in agriculture and again did quite well without being properly committed and mainly focusing on racing! I've got a teenage step daughter and a lunatic 3yr old as well as my wife who is currently the bread winner, and I need a change to a more consistent and better paying job! Racehorses trainers up this way still think you should be riding them for the joy of it!
I like sheep, I do some relief milking and gfw for a farmer locally but they haven't got enough work to give me more hours. I'm a bit of an amateur butcher and kill a few sheep, turkeys and chickens - I draw the line at pigs because they're bloody hard work!
I had my first ever real life job interview on Friday working alongside a carcass grader and training to do his job and a few other jobs. It was good money, getting towards £700/week after training up. But I havent got the mental alacrity to work in a factory all day 6-4 shooting cows in the face and looking at carcasses.
Retraining at 34 is daunting beyond belief! Especially as I've made my self so specialised I'm nearly no more qualified than a 16yr old school leaver!
I have got another interview this week as an assistant farm manager on a chicken farm which floats my boat a bit more I think. I did see a job I'd like, shepherd to a massive flock down south but the famalam wouldn't want to relocate and I couldn't ask my wife to give up her job of 15 ish years and start again.

Anyone with your talents will do fine. You can turn your hand to anything.

 

[2wheels]

Its not a job that excites me but I have never done any spraying. Probably with all the technology now days it wouldn't be that bad with auto rates,cut off etc.

the hours will be anti-social. damhik.

 

[ollie989898]

There are a few big farms but no one is hiring atm well that i can find anyway as I don't have pa1 and 2 most of them are not interested. Most ad plants i know of work all night and day so wouldn't really be suitable as I'm trying to cut the hours down not just change job.

Loads of jobs I am told on the Farmers free ads on faceche?

 

[Dry Rot]

I've worked on a few big rural estates and multi-skilling would certainly fit in there. With your skills, probably management with all the book work farmed out to the specialists. Get the right bosses and there could be work for the whole family. Some very big estates up here in the north. But get the wrong bosses.....

 

[Princess Pooper]

Landscape gardening, where you have the skills/experience to drive some of the kit that is needed for bigger projects?
Construction, for the same reason?

 

[suffolksmallholder]

I'm in property maintenance as I'm old and don't want to drive/sit in traffic. Worked for a good number of years for a big private estate but with retirement of the old agent I was made to feel very unwelcome so moved Eastwards and haven't looked back.
Naaaarwich, Bury St Edmunds & Ipswich are fine places to work. I have my own room in a very pleasant HMO and have nurtured my clients (tenants) so have both a happy landlord and tenants. I'm regularly given treats by tenants and love my job. It pays £12 per hour, is not stressful and I have a lot of help and support. Look East young man.....
I have my smallholding too which is a bonus.

We have a holiday boom each summer but not like down West!
SS

 

[DRC]

Lots of farmers/ contractors seem to be advertising jobs on Shropshire farmers and contractors Facebook page recently .

 

[ColinV6]

I’ve always thought if I wasn’t farming then some form of tractor driver job on construction would suit me down to the ground. All the joys of what I like doing but on construction / trade hours which are far shorter and usually Monday-Friday.