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Andrew Mc Guinness

Dunleer,Louth

Summary

Experienced machinery operator having grown up on a large scale arable, potato and onion farm operating all Case IH equipment. with a wide experience all aspects of tillage and potato farming especially in rotary combines and loader work. With an interest in machinery maintenance and also crop husbandry. Having worked as part of a team and also independently. Committed to farm safety practices and effective team communication, ensuring punctuality and reliability in all seasonal tasks. can do attitude with an mindful approach to machinery.


Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Farm machinery operator

Doyle Produce
Mooncoin, County Kilkenny
09.2024 - 05.2025
  • Operated modern John Deere equipment doing a wide selection of tasks inc: spraying, spreading fertilizer, harvesting Swedes ,operating destoners and ploughing etc.
  • Also done pre season maintenance on all potato planting equipment.
  • Serviced machinery and day to day maintenance of machinery.
  • Worked as part of a team, team leader and also by my own initiative organising fertilizers and sprays etc.

Farm machinery operator

Richardstown Farm Services
Dunleer, Louth
07.2020 - 09.2024
  • Having grown up on the farm I have done a bit of everything for example: ploughing, combining, spraying, planting potatoes / onions, loading straw, hauling grain, forklift duties etc.
  • Organised harvest crews and also worked as part of teams.
  • Worked with modern technology / machinery and also vintage machinery.

General farm worker

Corestown Farm
Togher, Louth
05.2024 - 06.2024
  • Duties included: mowing of grass raking silage and also buckraking silage. (silage wagons)
  • Preformed pre season maintenance to silage making equipment.
  • Reclaimed over grown paddocks and also clean drainage ditches using 13 ton digger.
  • Repaired cow passes across farm.

Education

Level 5 Certificate In Agriculture - Crops and Machinery

Kildalton Agricultural College
Piltown, County Kilkenny
09.2024 - 05.2025

Leaving Certificate -

Ardee Community School
Ardee, Louth
09.2019 - 06.2024

Skills

  • Loader operation
  • Combine harvester operation
  • Agricultural machinery repair
  • Fertilizer spreader control
  • Farm safety practices
  • Team communication
  • Punctuality and reliability
  • Machinery maintenance
  • Precision agriculture technology
  • Seasonal task familiarity
  • Tillage equipment operation
  • Application of pesticides

Affiliations

  • Farming
  • Machinery

Timeline

Farm machinery operator

Doyle Produce
09.2024 - 05.2025

Level 5 Certificate In Agriculture - Crops and Machinery

Kildalton Agricultural College
09.2024 - 05.2025

General farm worker

Corestown Farm
05.2024 - 06.2024

Farm machinery operator

Richardstown Farm Services
07.2020 - 09.2024

Leaving Certificate -

Ardee Community School
09.2019 - 06.2024
Andrew Mc Guinness