Career Profile
Name: Keith Calbeck
Address: Tullow, Co Carlow
Course Completed 2008
Course
I graduated from the machinery and crops management course in 2008. A study trip to Germany at the start of the course was an ideal way to get to know the other students. We went to a machinery show and also spent a great day in the John Deere tractor factory.
On-Farm Practical Training
I completed my practical training with a large tillage farmer in Wexford before starting the course work in November. During the 20 weeks in Kildalton, I particularly enjoyed the fabrication project where the welding skills I learned have been invaluable. What I learned from the tillage subjects has also been very useful in my current job.
My Job
I am now working on the home farm. It is a large tillage farm growing mostly potatoes, spring barley and fodder beet. The farm operates its own fleet of machinery and what I learned about servicing is very useful in maintaining these machines.
