Experience

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  Rural Funds Management Limited/Tall Tree Poultry Pty Ltd

  • Lethbridge VIC and Griffith NSW. Australia

  • Farm Manager/Relief Farm Manager

    • Dec 2009 - Present
    • Lethbridge VIC and Griffith NSW. Australia

    Key responsibilities include:Team management, animal husbandry, environment, record keeping, maintenance, ensure performance and feed conversion ratios/performance efficiency factor is achieved. > Team Member: Established excellent working relationships with all team members, ensuring high level of motivation and team work. > Production Quality: Produced quality chickens to Biaida standards. Relationship Management: Established excellent working relationship with top management, staff and casual workers.

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  Swan Valley Egg Farm.

  • Swan Valley, Perth, WA, Australia

  • Farm Manager

    • Mar 2009 - Nov 2009
    • Swan Valley, Perth, WA, Australia

    responsibilities: Rearing to sixteen weeks, egg production and egg grading.Maintain equipment; Cages, sheds, out buildings grading machine, vehicles. Achieve targets; Maintain farm according to required standards.New Facilities: Successfully converted/refurbished an old broiler farm into a four shed egg producing farm.Production Quality: Recognised for rearing high quality egg producing chickens.Local Supply: Consistently ensured the supply of extremely high quality eggs for the local market.

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  Wilson Pool Vineyard

  • Frankland River, WA, Australia

  • Assistant Farm Manager

    • Jun 2008 - Oct 2009
    • Frankland River, WA, Australia

    Key responsibilities: Farm planning, supervision, maintenance, Manage irrigation, and fertilisation.Maintenance Excellence: Farm tractors, implements, equipment, vineyard trellising and irrigation pumps and drip system to a very high standards.

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  Supreme Chickens Pvt Ltd.

  • Bloemfontein, South Africa.

  • Production/Farm Manager

    • Feb 2004 - May 2008
    • Bloemfontein, South Africa.

    Reporting to the Managing Director. Three years in broiler management then moved to breeder management.Key responsibilities included: environmental controls, food and water, maintenance, animal husbandry, health and safety. Farm Management: Recognised for my ability to deliver high standard of farm management and adherence to all company policies and procedures.

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  R.R. Harvey Pty Ltd

  • Lagnaha Farm,Matepatepa, Zimbabwe

  • Farm Manager

    • Oct 1977 - Jan 2004
    • Lagnaha Farm,Matepatepa, Zimbabwe

    Key responsibilities: Manage labour staff (+-500), recruit and train staff; Ensure animal welfare; Manage expenses and costs; Identify and deliver work efficiencies; Meet targets and goals..Excellent achievements: Consistently delivered high quality, high yielding tobacco, 3.5 ton to 3.8 ton per hectare, maize average 8 ton per hectare, wheat, 6 ton per hectare and soybean average 4 ton per hectare. In the 1999/2000 season I achieved 12.62 tons per hectare for Maize (in a national competition) being ranked 2nd overall. In the 2000/2001 season, achieved 5.05 tons soybeans per hectare (in a National Competition) being ranked 1st overall nationally. (Certificates available.)Represented Zimbabwe on a business trip to Londrina (west of Sao Paulo, South America) to share soybean production methods with Brazilian farmers and their research centre.