Les Aitken

• Completed daily inspections, basic maintenance and common repair actions to keep equipment operating at full capacity.
• Demonstrated safe driving by following regulations and safety procedures, resulting in zero accidents.
• Demonstrating safe secure loading using Ag and warehouse forklifts using correct load restraints
• Keep accurate load records digitally and on paper

• Implementation of farm plans for the area, identifying sensitive areas/neighbours
• Ground preparation planning and management
• Management of crop planting
• Management of crop during its growing cycle, timing of spraying, fertilizer applications and irrigation if required
• Planning and management of Harvesting crops
• Operating a manner of Tractors+implements, Forklifts and Trucks where needed

• Work with other senior members of staff/agronomist on crop planning
• Day to day staff management
• Management of crop establishment and monitoring
• Crop spraying
• Irrigation where needed
• Planing machinery maintenance
• Liaising with packhouse and transport
• Operating Tractors+implements, Forklifts and Trucks where needed

• Basic to Senior Tractor driving tasks in the Potato, Onion, Carrot sector, including an extensive cover crop programme that included mustard, oats, barley and winter grass

- Bin trailers

- Harvesters

- Planters/Drills

- Fertilizer spreading

- Spraying

• Managing Planting, Spraying and Harvest teams
• Gaining HT licence
• Looking after Farms