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Lourens Feitsma

Dapp,AB

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Farm Manager

Feitsma Farms LTD
03.2015 - Current
  • Doing all the maintenance of farm machinery, resulting in lower farm equipment repair costs and less downtime with preventative maintenance.
  • Crop management aswell as improvement of crop types, increasing yields through education on varieties and chemicals needed for financial gain.
  • Hauling all the grain to terminals, with a tandem truck pulling super-b grain trailer.
  • Managing all the selling of grain, watching the market and working with terminals to agree on the best contracts.
  • Running combines, disc, seeder, mower, sprayer, skidsteers while greasing and maintaining on a scheduled basis.

Class 1 Truck Driver

Code Custom Farming LTD
11.2023 - 04.2024
  • Hauling super-b grain trailers, transporting and pickup of grain to and from, feed lots, grain terminals, feed mills and farms across Alberta.
  • Lots of experience in backing up super-b grain trailers in extremely tight yards.
  • All grain hauling was contracted through Benchmark Commodities LTD
  • Hauling wide and over height loads of straw and hay to farms across Alberta.
  • Maintained trucks and trailers, doing preventative maintenance, changing tires, adjusting brake's and changing brake pots and dealing with frozen brake lines and pads.
  • Detailed and pressure washed trucks whenever needed.

Electrical Apprentice

Melkijah Controls
06.2011 - 01.2015
  • Worked under supervision of journeyman electrician to learn trade and develop electrical knowledge.
  • Reduced downtime and maintenance costs by troubleshooting, diagnosing, and repairing complex electrical equipment.
  • Contracted and maintained my own service truck and tools aswell as running my own business
  • Driving on lease roads that were improperly maintained with time deadlines to meet regardless of conditions of roads

Farm Worker

Feitsma Farms LTD
06.2001 - 05.2011


  • From a young age, started milking, feeding and working with cows. Started running equipment, doing task like, feeding cows, bedding cows and helping will harvest.
  • Learned to maintain, repair equipment and work with all sorts of tools, aswell as learning value skills like welding, repairs, working with hand and power tools which lead to a wide mechanical knowledge and work ethic.
  • Starting driving standard tandem axle body jobs at the age of 14 years old, also already helping neighbor farmers with trucking needs.


Education

Red Seal Journeyman Electrician - Electrical

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Edmonton, None
01-2015

High School Diploma -

RF Staples
Westlock
06-2011

Skills

    Hard working and dedicated farm kid with 20 years of equipment operation and other skills learned from a young age Responsible, self-starter with a passion for agriculture and trucking Takes pride in proper care and maintenance of equipment, vehicles, shop and farmyard

References

Melkijah Controls - Martin Engler - 780-849-1859

Feitsma Farms LTD - Theo Feitsma - 780-206-5788

Code Custom Farms LTD - Cor Koelman - 403-872-9147

Willowmarsh Farms LTD - Loren - 780-349-1204 

Koeman Farms LTD - Iman - 780-954-2005





Timeline

Class 1 Truck Driver

Code Custom Farming LTD
11.2023 - 04.2024

Farm Manager

Feitsma Farms LTD
03.2015 - Current

Electrical Apprentice

Melkijah Controls
06.2011 - 01.2015

Farm Worker

Feitsma Farms LTD
06.2001 - 05.2011

Red Seal Journeyman Electrician - Electrical

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

High School Diploma -

RF Staples

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