Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information Surname: Windsor
Full names: Charles William Arthur
Name: Charlie
Address: 10 Church Street, Vereeniging 1930, South Africa
Phone: +27 82 000 111
Cell: +27 82 111 222
Additional Emergency Number: +27 79 000 111
Email: charliewindsor@gmail.com
Skype ID (Name): charlie.windsor42
Date of Birth: 1977/01/21
Age: 38
Marital status: Divorced
English level: Speak/Write – Advanced
Driver’s licence code: 10 Ton truck and trailer
Year obtained: 1995
Do you plan to bring your family with? No
(ATTACH A PHOTO OF YOURSELF, COPY OF DRIVERS LICENCE AND COPY OF PASSPORT WHEN YOU APPLY)
Trade (if applicable provide certificate)
 Higher Certificate in Agriculture (Elsenburg Agricultural College, 1995). This includes:
 Management of pastures
 Diagnosing sickness
 Managing livestock
 Putting up of hay
 Growing and producing of corn, wheat and sunflowers.
Work Experience
PLEASE SUMMARIZE YOUR FARM-BASED EXPERIENCE (EXAMPLE – HECTARES HARVESTED, CROPS PLANTED,
TYPE AND NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK, I.E. CATTLE, SHEEP ETC.)
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Overseeing all farming operations, which includes:
Planting and harvesting of 2000 hectares of corn,
1200 hectares of sunflowers,
500 hectares of soybeans per annum.
300 hecatares of lucerne.
Managing a workforce of 45 full time general farm hands, which includes:
Evaluating and training of workers
Negotiating with workers’ unions
Overseeing quality livestock
Fattening and conditioning 800 head of Brangus cattle and managing feeding programmes
Maintaining an inventory of farming equipment and supplies
Developing and implementing strategic direction initiatives to ensure consistent improvement
with a strong focus on short and long term goals
Planning farming activities to be undertaken, estimating operating costs and ordering supplies
such as seed, fertilizer, livestock fodder and farming equipment
General maintenance of farm equipment.
PLEASE LIST ALL FARM EQUIPMENT YOU CAN OPERATE. (TRACTORS – AND HORSEPOWER, COMBINES – AND
TYPE OF SEEVE, SPRAYERS, AIR SEEDERS/PLANTERS, SKID STEERS, TANDEMS AND ARTICULATED GRAIN TRUCKS,
ETC.)
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Case 340 tractor (340hp)
Case Patriot sprayer (30m boom with auto steer)
Case 6130 Combine
John Deere maxemerge air planter
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John Deere 6E utility tractor
John Deere 5M Series
DO YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE USING GPS FOR PRECISION FARMING AND AUTO STEERING?
Yes/No
PLEASE RATE YOUR MECHANICAL KNOWLEDGE/APTITUDE (OVERHAULING AN ENGINE IN A TRACTOR, GENERAL
MAINTENANCE) AND GIVE EXAMPLES.
Have enough kwoledge & experience to do daily/weekly maintanance and services, e.g. airfilter/oil
change; Ample welding skills.
PROVIDE PHOTOS (OPTIONAL – BENEFICIAL).
Employment history
(DATES OF EMPLOYMENT)
Jan 2003 – Sep 2015
(JOB TITLE)
General Manager
(COMPANY NAME)
South West Farming
PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR DUTIES IN DETAIL:
 Managing a workforce of 40 full time employees
 Controlling all activities relating to planting and cultivation of crops
 Overseeing the spraying of various pesticides and herbicides with the use of a Case crop sprayer
 Observing and recording produce quality and livestock body weight and condition, and adjusting
management or feeding programmes when required
 Maintaining an inventory of all farming equipment and supplies, and effectively managing
income and expenses while retaining business capital
 Developing and implementing strategic direction initiatives to ensure consistent improvement
with a strong focus on short and long term goals
 Planning farming activities to be undertaken, estimating operating costs and ordering supplies
such as seed, fertilizer, livestock fodder and farming equipment
 Formulating and implementing activities to minimize environmental degradation, monitoring
environmental effects of farming activities and repairing existing damage through renewal
programmes.
REFERENCE: Gerald Dunn
RELATIONSHIP: Farmer &General Manager
TEL: +27 82 000 888
Other skills obtained which might be applicable to the position
 Secretary & Treasurer for Westvalia Agricultural Club, 2008 -2011
 Member of Organising Commitee for 2006 SA National Brangus Championships, Gauteng Region
 Secretary, Westvalia Agricultural Society, 2007 - 2008
Education (if applicable provide certificates)
1996 -1999
Vaal Tech Agricultural College
Higher Certificate: Viticulture/Wine
Science / Pomology
2000
UNISA
Certificate in Farm Management
2000 – 2002
UNISA
Course in cultivating & spraying crops
References (not references named above nor family)
REFERENCE 1: PJ Nell
RELATIONSHIP: Lecturer UNISA
TEL: +27 79 222 333
REFERENCE 2: S Greater
RELATIONSHIP: Westvalia Agri Society TEL: +27 83 333 444