Ben Burkholder
Bainbridge,PA
Summary
Experienced equipment operator and truck driver whom grew up on a farm and has been around equipment and livestock all his life. Has a lifelong passion for agriculture and farming. Has the skills and motivation to be a successful part of any farming operation, whether working independently, or part of a team. Always willing to learn new things and grow as a better operator, and team member.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
2018
2018
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Truck Driver, Equipment operator
Pleasant veiw acres farm
Manheim, Pennsylvania
06.2024 - Current
- Transport various bulk Ag commodities to and from farm
- Transport grain from field to bin sites during harvest ect.
- Transport eggs from farm to various buyers
- Responsible for ensuring efficient and on time logistics of deliveries
- Responsible for general maintenance and repair on equipment and trucks
- Responsible for keeping a clean work environment and clean equipment
Custom manure applicator
Ebersole spreading llc
Manheim, Pennsylvania
04.2018 - Current
- Transport and top spread liquid manure from farm to field
- Cart silage from field to farm
- General equipment maintenance and repair
Truck Driver
Nolt carriers llc
Ephrata, Pennsylvania
11.2021 - 06.2024
- Transport bulk ag commodities throughout the United States and canada
- Communicate logistics with dispatch and customer ensuring a streamlined process from pickup, to delivery
- Keep a clean and organized working environment
- Wash truck and trailer weekly
Farmhand
Hess dairy farm
Mount Joy, Pennsylvania
10.2016 - 04.2018
- Move cows during milking
- Assist with milking cows
- Bed cattle
- Clean out cattle pens with skid steer
- Help with various field work activities
- Feed cattle
Farm Hand
meadow vista dairy
Bainbridge, Pennsylvania
10.2015 - 10.2016
- Sort and move cows for milking
- Assist milking cows
Farm Hand
Strickland Farms
Bainbridge, PA
01.2014 - 10.2016
- Assist with various fieldwork duties
- Sort cattle
- Pack eggs
- Assist with various chicken house duties
Education
Cdl Class A License - Cdl Training
York County School of Technology
York, PA 06.2018 - 06.2018
Elizabethtown Area High School
Elizabethtown, PASkills
- Excellent team and independent worker
- Time management and logistics
- Equipment operator experience: (telehandler, front end loader, verticale tillage, grain cart, tmr mixer, skid steer, box manure spreader, silage cart, fendt 9 series tractors, John Deere 6,7,8rx,9r series tractors, Houle and nuhn manure tankers, making hay, ect
- Trucking experience: dump truck, reefer, belt trailer, walking floor, hopper, flatbed, step deck, feed tanker, and pneumatic trailer
- Keeps a clean and organized work area
- Able to perform general maintenance and repairs on equipment
- Excellent communicator
- Willing and able to work long hours
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Truck Driver, Equipment operator
Pleasant veiw acres farm
06.2024 - Current
Truck Driver
Nolt carriers llc
11.2021 - 06.2024
Cdl Class A License - Cdl Training
York County School of Technology
06.2018 - 06.2018
Custom manure applicator
Ebersole spreading llc
04.2018 - Current
Farmhand
Hess dairy farm
10.2016 - 04.2018
Farm Hand
meadow vista dairy
10.2015 - 10.2016
Farm Hand
Strickland Farms
01.2014 - 10.2016
Elizabethtown Area High School