Liam Begg

• driving a john Deere S770 with a 12 meter front
• did lots of transporting in big convoy down busy roads
• Optimized harvest operations for better yield results through strategic setups in the header .
• Reduced downtime through proactive equipment checks and troubleshooting mechanical issues.
• Reduced equipment wear-and-tear costs by maintaining cleanliness standards throughout daily use.
• Maximized fuel efficiency by implementing proper driving techniques and monitoring equipment usage closely.
• Maintained safe working environment by adhering to safety protocols during combine operation.

crutching 600 on average a day on big merino ewes full crutch and eye wig also shearing double fleece ewes and wheathers.

• worked night shift Seeding 4500ha of mixed wheat, barley and canola
• Operated John Deere 9R 490 with a 40ft DBS ausplow air seeder with a 18 ton seed bin with liquid Fert also
• Did maintenance on seeder bar and bin and checks on tractor
• Operated auger on seed and fertilizer bin truck and flexi N tanker
• operated an 9RT 540 pulling a leveling bar to lever washouts and rough spots
• also did some rock rolling in a 8320 r

• Here I work on a 3 stand hecton crutching trailer
• Capable of doing over 1300 a day on the trailer
• Worked in a team of 10
• Tailing season is very busy - tailing thousands of lambs day after day on a conveyor shoot
• Animal health/drenching, vaccinating on a sheep conveyor
• Small lifestyle block shearing trailer
• Jetting/dipping
• Maintaining equipment eg, handpiece, coms and cutters, conveyor and the crutching trailer
• Helped engineer the portable tailing yards that we use

• I started out doing contract work around the area - mainly mustering sheep and cattle for farmers and other given farm jobs.
• Tailing/docking/marking lambs
• Fencing contactor in high country - operating post drivers, tractors and other machinery on hills and flats
• Animal health, drenching, vaccinating and crutching ect.
• Weaning and drenching in deer sheds
• Self-done own paper work and invoices
• Operating Machinery

• Double hill is a 8000 hectare sheep and beef station up the head of the Rakaia gorge where they ran 9000 head of perrindale ewes and 1000 angus breeding cows - where we finished all calves and had an annual lamb sale.
• Monitored livestock health through mustering with my team of fit dogs, pasture measuring and constant checking of stock - escalating any concerns to the manager .
• I was in charge of the hill blocks and mustering - Spending most days walking on the high hills, moving and checking stock.
• Yard work in sheep and cattle yards carrying out animal health - drenching, vaccinating, crutching, weighing, footrot management and other tasks as needed.
• Fencing and other maintenance jobs.
• Operated tractor machinery
• Experienced in 2 wheelers, 4 wheelers, and manual vehicles.

• Black Rock was my first job out of school, it was a 7000 hectare high country sheep and beef station with 8500 Corriedale ewes and 500 angus and Hereford breeding cows
• Fed and looked after livestock through mustering, feeding out, shifting breaks and monitoring.
• Safely moved vehicles through rough and very steep terrain
• Maintained a very fit team of dogs to use in the yards and in the hill.
• Crutched ewes with blade shears
• Pressed wool and pen up at shearing time
• Dipping ewes
• Cattle yard work
• Learnt to shear sheep

• Part time seasonal (school holidays)
• Followed maps and GPS systems to complete tasks efficiently.
• Safely loaded trucks with bales and operated tractor mounted and trailed equipment to perform raking, rolling, teding, cultivation etc.
• Routinely cleaned and inspected machinery and vehicles.

• (School Holidays and weekend work)
• Milked early morning shifts and afternoon
• Examined animals for injury and disease,
• Minimised risk of injury by maintaining farmland free from hazards, promptly removing dangerous objects.
• Maintained animal health by administering feed and medicines in prescribed portions.

home farm is where i learned most of my basic knowledge, we are 250Ha irrigated intensive farm in the canterbury plains where we ran 2000 ewes when i was younger and 50-70 ha of crop mainly cereals e.g. wheat, barley, oats, and peas occasionally as i grew up the farm has changed a lot with the introduction of center pivot irrigation and the dairy boom in the area the farm has changed to more of a dairy support/grazing farm where we grow fodder beet, Kale, oats and lots of grass for the R1 heifers and R2 heifers all year round and around 2000 head of dairy cows during the winter also we are still doing malt barley crops each season around 50ha in total averaging around 11 ton each year yield i have helped with harvest driving a grain cart and an old 1970s john Deere 1075 header that in more recent years has been doing less and lees work as it seems to be easier to employ contractors to do the harvest then it is to try and keep the old girl going!