Abigail

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  • Information de voyage

    Actuellement, je suis

    à la maison

  • Description

    I am looking to work with animals because I am passionate about animal care, but also because I am an aspiring vet. I am travelling in between studying at veterinary medicine university. I am a very adventurous and outdoorsy person and am eager to learn and experience new things. I’m absolutely up for getting stuck in and no job is too mucky or too much hard work. I enjoy travelling and meeting new people, so love experiencing new places. I have lots of experience with dogs and farm animals. I know the basics of equine animal husbandry but have never ridden, however I would love to learn.

  • Centres d’intérêt

    Sports nautiques
    Jardinage
    Plage
    Animaux de compagnie
    Nature
    Activités en plein air
    Montagne
    Randonnée
    Ferme
    Camping
    Livres
    Animaux
    Sports d'aventure
  • Langues parlées

    Anglais: Courant

  • Compétences et connaissances que j'aimerais partager ou apprendre

    J'ai des connaissances :  

    Aider dans une ferme
    S’occuper des animaux
  • Quelles sont vos compétences ?

    I am highly motivated and hard working, having recently a variety of work experience over the last few years and seeking more to broaden my knowledge. I am looking for work in different areas of animal care to support studying veterinary medicine. I have a good work ethic and an eagerness to learn.


    Previous Employment:

    Twemlows Stud Farm
    May – Aug 2022
    • Seasonal (spring/summer) stable hand role.
    • Scribing for the vets during ovary ultrasound scans.
    • Assisting the vets during treatments and procedures e.g. restraining foals.
    • Bringing in/turning out horses (including mares with foals).
    • Mucking out and feeding.
    • General cleaning.

    Julia’s Tea Room, Ely
    September 2017 – Current
    • Taking food orders.
    • Preparing drinks, including a variety of coffees, using coffee machine.
    • Preparing bills, taking payments, including using a till and card machine.
    • Clearing tables and general cleaning.
    • Setting up tables for next day’s service.
    • Answering customers’ questions and queries.
    • Being knowledgeable about food ingredients and dietary requirements.

    Integra Cleaners
    July - September 2021
    • Cleaning Boots Opticians Ely and Boots Pharmacy Ely.
    • Sweeping/hoovering and mopping.
    • Cleaning bathrooms and staff kitchens.
    • Cleaning staff rooms.
    • Cleaning consultation rooms.
    • Emptying bins and replacing bin bags.
    • Restocking handtowels, soap and washing up liquid.
    • Using Scerubber-Dryer machine.

    Aquarius Vets
    May – September 2021
    • Vet nurse assistant role.
    • Assisting the vets and vet nurses with their consultations.
    • General cleaning.
    • Restocking.
    • Sterilising equipment.
    • Caring for in-patient animals.

    Gs Fresh, Norfolk
    April - June 2020
    • Temporary role for the summer harvest season.
    • Harvesting lettuces by hand.
    • Putting produce through the flow wrapper machine.
    • Quality control.
    • Packing boxes and stacking palettes.
    • Refilling labels and film; adjusting settings; fixing flow wrapper machine.
    • Driving rig on the field.
    • Weeding.

    Fortnum and Mason Warehouse, Sutton
    December 2019
    • Packing boxes.
    • Using the computer system to check off items on an order, check orders, find item locations etc.
    • Picking items from the warehouse shelving.

    Wildwood Ely
    August 2018 – March 2019
    • Greeting customers at the door and showing them to a table.
    • Taking orders (using an EPOS) system.
    • Preparing drinks.
    • Delivering food.
    • Clearing and setting up tables.
    • General cleaning.
    • Setting up at opening and closing down at the end of the day.
    • Taking payments.

    Samovar Tea Room, Ely
    June 2016 – May 2017
    • Gaining valuable customer service skills.
    • Showing customers to tables, giving menus.
    • Taking drinks orders and preparing drinks.
    • Taking food orders, explaining the daily specials and serving meals.
    • General cleaning and tidying up.
    • Dealing with queries and questions.
    • Selling products such as bags of loose-leaf tea and teaware.
    • Being knowledgeable about the variety of over 150 speciality teas on offer.


    Previous Work Experience and Workaways:

    Korvalan Kestikievari Sled Husky Kennels, Finland
    July - August 2019,
    December 2021 - January 2022
    • Workaway placement.
    • Looking after the 90 sled huskies: food preparation; feeding and watering; cleaning kennels; walking and exercising; training; grooming.
    • Helping to run the sledding safaris: setting up the sleds, harnessing the dogs and putting them on the line, going in the lead sled to fix any problems along the way (issues with the dogs, broken harnesses/collars/necklines, runaway sleds etc.), driving sleds.
    • Taking guests round on kennel tours
    • Cleaning and resetting log cabins.
    • Cleaning guests' facilities e.g. communal areas, kitchen, toilets, sauna.
    • Washing and ironing laundry.

    Aquarius Vets, Soham
    November 2019
    • Observing a range of surgical procedures.
    • General cleaning of the practice.
    • Observing consultations.
    • Sorting and documenting product deliveries.

    Elysian RDA riding group
    September 2018 - January 2019
    • Feeding the horses and cleaning out the stables.
    • Grooming.
    • Harnessing the driving pony with a cart.
    • Loading wheelchairs onto the cart.
    • Leading the driving pony on the walk.

    Shadowing ophthalmologist David Williams
    May 2018
    • Observing consultations.
    • Observing surgeries.

    Wimpole Home Farm, Royston
    April 2018
    • Pre-lambing preparations including herding and sorting sheep, building pens and cleaning.
    • Feeding, watering and cleaning out the pigs, goats, sheep, cattle and chickens.
    • Learning about the specialty breeds.
    • Collecting eggs and cleaning and packaging them for sale in the farm shop.
    • Learning about organic and freedom foods.

    Rosegate Farm, Swavesey
    February 2018
    • Feeding and watering the sheep, cows and pigs.
    • Bottle feeding lambs with cows milk if they are a little underfed.
    • Administering colostrum using a tube .
    • Bottle feeding an underweight piglet.
    • Administering iron injections to piglets.
    • Ringing lambs to dock tails and castrate.
    • Constructing a larger, communal pen and moving ewes and older lambs into it.
    • Gained knowledge of sheep genetics and breeding.
    • Spray paint coding ewes and lambs.
    • Learning how to tip a sheep.
    • Feet checking and clipping .
    • Treating foot rot and scald with antibiotic spray.
    • Seeing and learning about entropion and various treatments.

    South Angle Farm, Soham
    Easter 2015, October 2017
    • Moving animals to day pens. Including alpacas, donkeys and sheep.
    • Gained knowledge of vaccinations and medical treatments: applying eye drops to a rabbit with a scar on its eye; administering antibiotics to a cat with chronic cat flu; helping with worming the rabbits.
    • Spending time with animals, so better socialised for public days.
    • Feeding, watering and cleaning out pens.
    • Grooming ponies.
    • Helping with the ‘reptile show’ which involves handling a variety of reptiles and insects so the children can see them eat in the case of the chameleon and bearded dragons and touch them while explaining a bit about each animal.
    • Clipping the rabbits’ and guinea pigs’ nails.
    • Weighing all of the rabbits and guinea pigs to keep track of their health.
    • Helping children to hold the rabbits and guinea pigs on their laps.
    • Answering visitors’ questions.

    Rossdale’s Equine Hospital
    July 2017
    • Observing a range of procedures including: sarcoid removal, neurectomy and fasciotomy, endoscopy, laser ventriculectomy, colic surgical treatment, arthroscopic surgery.
    • Learning about treatments such as ice boots to prevent laminitis, shock wave therapy, nasogastric intubation.
    • Observing dressing changes, a respiratory problems diagnosis in a foal, colic checks, lameness diagnosis (including blocking).

    RSPCA Block Fen
    January - April 2017
    • Dog walking, socialising and training.
    • Understanding what is required to help the dogs in the rehoming process.
    • Spending time with the dogs that have just arrived.
    • General cleaning of kennels.

    College of West Anglia
    August 2016
    • General feeding and watering.
    • Grooming donkeys, goats and cats.
    • Worked with a range of reptiles, farm animals, reptiles, insects, large animals, birds, small animals.
    • Cleaning out cages, pens and stables.
    • Learning how to give health checks to farm animals (e.g checking sheep for blowfly) and small animals.
    • Gained knowledge of health and understanding cognitive problems of bearded dragon.

    Isle of Ely Small Animal Vet Surgery
    April 2016
    • Watching surgical procedures, e.g. Castration of dogs and cats, lump removals, wound stitching, amputations, euthanasia.
    • Observing vaccine administration and blood sampling.
    • Learning about X-rays and ultra sounds and histology.
    • Taught about common eye and knee problems in dogs (in particular Luxating patella).
    • How to take pulse and blood pressure in dogs and learning about heart murmurs.
    • Surgery prep, pre meds, shaving, sterilising.
    • Helping with nail clipping.
    • Sitting in with consultations.
    • General cleaning of cages and the practice, washing bedding from the cages, cleaning surgery kits and feeding.

    Raptor Foundation, St Ives
    Summer 2015
    • Welcoming customers and answering any questions.
    • Preparing food, under strict diet controls for different species.
    • Preparing owls for exercise flights (kitting up) and weighing.
    • Weighing the birds to change the amount of food they have if necessary and to keep check on their health.
    • General cleaning.

    Feline At Home Cattery, Littleport
    Easter 2015
    • Gained knowledge of health and safety standards.
    • Spending time with the cats that have just arrived.
    • Checking diet requirements from owners.
    • General cleaning.
    • Feeding, watering and grooming.

  • Âge

    23

  • Autres infos...

    I have lots of experience with dogs and farm animals. However, I would love the opportunity to gain experience with horses too. For any hosts also looking for workawayers with customer service experience, I have worked for many years as a waitress, and I love meeting and chatting to new people. Many of my previous jobs have included cleaning, customer service, working well in a team and taking initiative.

  • Informations complémentaires

    • Fumeur

    • Permis de conduire

    • Allergies
      No

    • Régime alimentaire spécial
      No

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