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danielsonson

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My 13yr old son is hard working, gun safe, a good shot, polite, sensible and bright. He has a small flock of chickens and quails whose eggs he sells locally which funds the renovation of his 1972 Davd Brown tractor.

He is looking to gain more experience working in agriculture, forestry or with game. No job to smelly, hard or messy!

By law he can do 12hr per week as long as not during school time.

If anyone has anything local to Warminster, Trowbridge, Frome - please let me know. Experience is more inportant than pay, although anything earned will go into the tractor fund.

TIA
 
Good luck to your lad BUT farmers etc are really concerned about health and safety these days and are reluctant to take any one on unless they have all the safety at work paper ticked off . i hope he can find an interesting part time job he enjoys.
 
Have u got him any beating locally?

Might be a good way to get ur foot in the door with some rural folk.

Most keepers were always keen to have a 'boy' around the rearing field in the old days.
That was my 1st job

Otherwise dairy farmers their always looking for an extra hand with wknd milkings etc
 
countrryboy said:
Have u got him any beating locally?

Might be a good way to get ur foot in the door with some rural folk.

Most keepers were always keen to have a 'boy' around the rearing field in the old days.
That was my 1st job

Otherwise dairy farmers their always looking for an extra hand with wknd milkings etc
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Many thanks. Yes he beats on our local shoot and its served him well in a number of ways.

Also recognise the point about H&S concerns. When we lived in yorkshire he would help on a nearby dairy, bottle feeding etc.

Hoping to find something similar down our way. Its hard for military kids, moving all the time.

Thanks,

Dan
 
Try asking if he can assist with range caretaking at warminster, not what you ask for but could get him grass cutting, target backing repairs which can lead to other range repairs /work/ estate up keep etc.
 
Hello, I expect it is a lot different today with Hours/ Health and Safety/ Rules for young worker than when i was his age helping on the local farm, Fair play to your son and hope he will find something . That David Brown tractor takes me back to, He must be mechanicly minded so that may help? Good Luck
 
ashray said:
Good luck to your lad BUT farmers etc are really concerned about health and safety these days and are reluctant to take any one on unless they have all the safety at work paper ticked off . i hope he can find an interesting part time job he enjoys.
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Local contractors are happy to let 16 yos drive 150k plus tractors where Im at. Madness IMO, guessing some are definitely not road legal but its always been the "done thing" so will continue until a tragedy occurs
 
Offer to wash tractors at a local farm, soon leads to driving them to and from the washdown, which leads to other things, one of the best farm managers I've ever worked with started in agricuture this way
 
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