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<blockquote data-quote="Princess Pooper" data-source="post: 7317990" data-attributes="member: 971"><p>You don't need to be an assistant farm manager to earn a decent wage, once you have some experience, we were just warning you to expect that for the first year or so. A decent stockperson /general farm worker (beef/sheep/some field work) should earn £25k, usually with some overtime. An assistant (dairy) herdsperson, £25-£30k, a herd manager up to double that. Assistant farm managers require a large farm to justify a post and there are not many about, compared with the jobs listed above. If you are employed, any decent employer will pay for vocational / short course training on various topics if you are worth investing in and you can always do a more academic qualification through distance learning or day release on a few years time. Regarding sheep farming - yes there would be some opportunities in your area, especially the hillier bits, although possibly not as a full time shepherd, more a general farm worker on a farm with sheep, get someone else to train you up as an employee and then after a few years when hopefully you might have saved a bit, start your own enterprise. A lot of folks start a small enterprise alongside workng full time - some never get bigger, others bite the bullet, leave the day job and try and make a go of it. More arable farms are now wanting sheep back in the rotation but not necessarily the hassle of a flock of their own so there may be an opportunity to provide grazing services if you build your own flock. Psychology will be useful with sheep, they have their own mindset.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Princess Pooper, post: 7317990, member: 971"] You don't need to be an assistant farm manager to earn a decent wage, once you have some experience, we were just warning you to expect that for the first year or so. A decent stockperson /general farm worker (beef/sheep/some field work) should earn £25k, usually with some overtime. An assistant (dairy) herdsperson, £25-£30k, a herd manager up to double that. Assistant farm managers require a large farm to justify a post and there are not many about, compared with the jobs listed above. If you are employed, any decent employer will pay for vocational / short course training on various topics if you are worth investing in and you can always do a more academic qualification through distance learning or day release on a few years time. Regarding sheep farming - yes there would be some opportunities in your area, especially the hillier bits, although possibly not as a full time shepherd, more a general farm worker on a farm with sheep, get someone else to train you up as an employee and then after a few years when hopefully you might have saved a bit, start your own enterprise. A lot of folks start a small enterprise alongside workng full time - some never get bigger, others bite the bullet, leave the day job and try and make a go of it. More arable farms are now wanting sheep back in the rotation but not necessarily the hassle of a flock of their own so there may be an opportunity to provide grazing services if you build your own flock. Psychology will be useful with sheep, they have their own mindset. [/QUOTE]
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