Bodi Mason
Hastings,HKB
Summary
Skilled Shepherd with hands-on experience in basic herding, animal care, and pasture management. Strong observational skills and familiarity with modern farming practices.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Smedley Cadet
smedley station
Tikokino, Hastings
01.2023 - 12.2024
- Ensured animal health and safety through vaccinating drenching and dipping and preventive care for sheep, cattle, and deer.
- Monitored grazing areas for proper nutrition and pasture quality.
- Assisted with sheep shearing, including sorting, grading, and pressing the wool.
- Helped manage lambing season by monitoring the ewes daily on a horse and bike, looking for any ewes that need help lambing or if they have bearings or are cast.
- Treated sick and injured animals under veterinary supervision and administered medications as needed.
- Performed routine maintenance on farm equipment, such as tractors, quad bikes, and side by sides.
- Shifting stock between paddocks.
- Separated animals by weight, age, and condition.
- Updated records on animal growth, feeding, costs, and behaviors.
- Broken in a horse.
- Broken in a heading dog.
- Docking and Weaning lambs.
- Putting up new fence lines, repairing fence lines, and taking down fence lines.
- Planting natives and follow-up relief spray in the summer.
- Spraying gorse, blackberry, and broom, and eradicating wild pines remotely with a drill and a drench pack full of poison.
Education
Taupo Nui A Tea College
Taupo, NZSkills
- Sheep Shearing
- Basic Carpentry
- Livestock management
- Animal welfare
- Water management
- Farm equipment operation
- Pest control monitoring
- Weed control monitoring
- Animal Handling
- Animal herd management
- Grazing management
- Dog breaking
- Horse Breaking
References
- Al Harty owner of Arco environmental 021 371 632
- Owen Coulson Farm owner 027 233 7391
- Rob Evans Smedley Station manager 021 120 0626
- Kim Rorrison Parks Peak block manager at Smedley Station 027 826 7446
Timeline
Smedley Cadet
smedley station
01.2023 - 12.2024
Taupo Nui A Tea College
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