Business Knowledge

This module aims to provide some tools for integration within a company. It is organized in:

Lectures / Practical work

• Franc-Christophe BAURENS (CIRAD) – Safety rules (laboratory greenhouse)
• Ludovic MARIN (UM- staps) – Postures at work CM and heavy load carrying (TP in Gymnasium)     

Visits to companies. The company visits are divided into two parts.

• Hiring exercise. 15 days before the visit, students receive a job offer sent by the company. Students have one week to respond (CV + cover letter). On the day of the visit, a debriefing on CVs and cover letters is carried out by a member of the company in charge of recruitment.
• Visit of the facilities.

The companies visited are:

• Bayer (Nîmes). Example of a seed company. From varietal creation to seed distribution.
• Staphyt (Marsillargues). Example of a plant experimentation company. Description of the conduct of a test from A to Z. Discussion on the jobs of technician/experimental leader.
• CTIFL (Balladran). Example of a technical center. Descriptions of the activities of the technical centre and visit of the experiments carried out in the greenhouses.
• CIRAD (Montpellier). Visit of the greenhouses and descriptions of the experiments carried out there.

Knowledge :

• Knowledge of the "seed" and "phytosanitary" sectors, and of experimentation and research centers in France and in tropical countries.
• Understand the different departments within a company.
• Knowledge of workplace safety (posture, etiquette, etc.)

Know-how

• a CV, a cover letter and conduct a job interview

Hourly volumes* :

            CM : 3

            TD:7.5

            Land: 16

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Students in this module will be asked to prepare a dossier including: a job offer search, a CV and covering letter, a professional project, a skills assessment, a questionnaire on interpersonal skills and a description of the internship topic.

An individual interview is held with the training supervisor, focusing on the student's career plan and covering the various elements of this file.