Kirk Brian Gale
Attleborough
Summary
Dedicated Arable Operator with extensive experience in machinery operation and maintenance. Skilled in optimising equipment functionality to enhance crop yield through precise farming techniques. Experienced in logistics, operating forklifts and delivering goods safely throughout East Anglia and London. Works effectively within teams or independently, ensuring high-quality workmanship and attention to detail.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Goods Inward Operative /yardman
Hews Gray Rocklands
Attleborough, Norfolk
09.2024 - Current
- Utilised warehouse management systems to efficiently process incoming shipments.
- Loaded and unloaded delivery vehicles, minimising damage to goods and ensuring timely dispatch.
- Labelled and stored goods in appropriate locations, ensuring easy access and organisation.
- Operated forklift and other warehouse machinery safely, adhering to health and safety protocols.
- Maintained cleanliness and order in goods receipt area, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.
- Monitored expiry dates of stock items, coordinating timely disposal or return of out-of-date goods.
Goods Inward Operative /yardman
C C Payne & Sons
Mundesley, Norfolk
09.2023 - 08.2024
- Managed cropping of winter and spring barley and sugar beet, ensuring optimal yield and quality
- Spraying using Lemken mounted 2000lt 24mt sprayer
- Fertiliser spreading using Kuhn Axis 40.1w mounted spreader
- Ploughing using NH T6-180 Tractor and Lemken Europal 7 5 furrow plough and press
- Heavy cultivations using Lemken Terra Disc
- Conducted maintenance, servicing, and repairs in farm workshop, supporting overall farm operations
- Performed grass cutting for village parks, holiday park, and golf range, maintaining aesthetics and usability
- Managed operations across arable farm, holiday camp sites, and golf range covering 160 hectares.
Forklift Truck Driver / 7.5-ton Driver
Driver Hire, and Accelerate Personnel
Norwich, Norfolk
02.2022 - 04.2024
- Located and moved stock throughout warehouses using forklifts, pallets and crates.
- Transported and stacked loads while ensuring compliance with safety and security.
- Loaded and unloaded goods from trucks, ensuring timely distribution to the appropriate departments.
- Operated forklift machinery safely, adhering to all health and safety regulations to minimise workplace accidents.
Lead Arable Operator
Wallace Daniels Ltd
Coney Weston, Suffolk
06.2020 - 02.2022
- Oversaw cultivation of wheat, oats, peas, beans, linseed, sugar-beet, and vegetables on arable land, ensuring optimal growth and yield
- Served as relief sprayer operator for Amazon 24mt 3000lt trailed sprayer, applying crop protection products effectively to safeguard harvest
- Executed ploughing using NH T7-290 tractor and Lemken Juwel-8 6 furrow plough and press, enhancing soil structure for better crop production
- Heavy cultivations using Simba 6mt discs with packer and Sumo trio 3mt
- Combining with NH 9080 combine with 9.14mt header
- Farm workshop maintenance, servicing, repairing and fabrication of farm machinery
- Arable Farm & Contracting Business of 2,954 Hectares
Deliver Driver 7.5-ton
Agrovista UK Ltd
Gt Ellingham, Norfolk
04.2018 - 06.2020
- Delivered agricultural chemicals to farms across Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolnshire, and Cambridgeshire, ensuring timely and safe transportation to support agricultural operations.
- Delivered goods and services to customers on time and made sure they were in excellent condition.
- Collected goods from suppliers and delivered them to designated locations.
- Used safe driving practices at all times when operating vehicles.
- Picked orders and loaded vehicles in warehouse, maintaining cleanliness and organisation to facilitate efficient operations.
Tractor, Sprayer, Combine Operator
A Johnson & Sons Ltd
Hunston, Suffolk
07.2017 - 03.2018
- Spraying and Liquid Fertiliser applications using a Challenger Rogator 655D with 24mt booms
- Combining using an MF 9380 Delta combine with 10.66mt header
- Ploughing using MF 7618 and Kverneland LD85-240 5 furrow plough
- Conducted heavy cultivations with MF 8670 six leg flat lift and packer, preparing soil for optimal crop growth
- Managed crop production of oilseed rape, wheat, barley, rye, beans, sugar beet, and vegetables
- Performed machinery maintenance, servicing, repair, and fabrication to ensure operational efficiency
- Executed general farm work, including cleaning grain stores and maintaining farm buildings to support overall farm operations
- Arable Farm of 1011 Hectares
Working Farm Foreman
Risley Farms
Manea, Cambridgeshire
05.2009 - 06.2017
- Oversaw farm operations and managed workforce during owner's absence
- Managed cropping activities for oilseed rape, wheat, barley, beans, potatoes, sugar beet, and fattening pigs
- Ploughing using a NH T7-210 and Dowdeswell 5 furrow plough with press
- Heavy cultivations using a NH T7-250 and Dal-Bo 3mt supermix and Simba 3mt discs
- Drilling using a NH T6080 and Reco-Sulky 3mt combination seed drill
- Spraying with a Sands SAM2500 with 24mt booms
- Fertiliser spreading using a Kuhn MDS1132 twin-disc 24to32mt spreader
- Combining using a NH TX68 combine with 6.09 header
- Potato harvesting using a Reekie 2000 clean-flow harvester with picking table
- Maintained farm workshop, grain store, potato grading line, and conducted general farm work including pig husbandry
- Managed a mixed family farm covering 325 hectares.
Arable Operator / General Farm Worker
Tyneholme Estates
Spexhall, Suffolk
06.2007 - 02.2009
- Combining using an NH CR1090 with 9.14 header
- Managed spraying operations and oversaw chemical store inventory
- Managed crop production of oilseed rape, wheat, barley, grass seed, and sugar beet
- Performed heavy cultivations and hedge cutting for land management
- Conducted maintenance, servicing, and repair of workshop machinery
- Grain Stores loading lorries and cleaning them
- Performed a variety of general farm tasks to support daily operations
- Arable Farm and Contracting Business of 1,010 Hectares
Education
NVQ Level 1 - Arable Farming
Easton Agricultural College
Easton, Norfolk1975
None - Basic 3R's Education
Hellesdon Secondry Modern School
Hellesdon Norwich01-1970
Skills
- Inventory management
- Equipment maintenance
- Logistics coordination
- Quality control
- Safety compliance
- Warehouse operations
- Receiving goods
- Team leadership
- Problem solving
- Stock handling
- Manual labour
- Equipment inspection
Certification
- Attended Easton Agricultural College and ATB Training Courses
- PA1 & PA2A safe use of Pesticides Certificates
- NRoSO and Ei Operator registered member
- ATB Rough Terrain Telescopic Loader Certificate
- ATB Chainsaw Maintenance and Safe use Certificate
- ATB Welding Courses on Mig Arc and Aluminium welding
- RTITB Forklift Counterbalance and Reach-Truck Certificates
- First Aider at Work Certificate
- Abrasive Wheel certificate
- Claas and New Holland Combine Operator and Fitter Training Courses
- Driver Qualifications Full UK Driving Licence, Drivers CPC, and ADR Certificate
Certification
- [Area of study] certified
Timeline
Goods Inward Operative /yardman
Hews Gray Rocklands
09.2024 - Current
Goods Inward Operative /yardman
C C Payne & Sons
09.2023 - 08.2024
Forklift Truck Driver / 7.5-ton Driver
Driver Hire, and Accelerate Personnel
02.2022 - 04.2024
Lead Arable Operator
Wallace Daniels Ltd
06.2020 - 02.2022
Deliver Driver 7.5-ton
Agrovista UK Ltd
04.2018 - 06.2020
Tractor, Sprayer, Combine Operator
A Johnson & Sons Ltd
07.2017 - 03.2018
Working Farm Foreman
Risley Farms
05.2009 - 06.2017
Arable Operator / General Farm Worker
Tyneholme Estates
06.2007 - 02.2009
NVQ Level 1 - Arable Farming
Easton Agricultural College
None - Basic 3R's Education
Hellesdon Secondry Modern School