Business knowledge

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

Lectures / Practical work

• Franc-Christophe BAURENS (CIRAD) – Safety rules (greenhouse-laboratory)
• Ludovic MARIN (UM-staps) – Postures at work CM and carrying heavy loads (practical work in the gym)     

Company visits. Company visits are divided into two parts.

• Hiring exercise. Fifteen 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 the CVs and cover letters is conducted by a member of the company in charge of recruitment.
• Tour of the facilities.

The companies visited are:

• Bayer (Nîmes). Example of a seed company. From variety creation to seed distribution.
• Staphyt (Marsillargues). Example of a plant experimentation company. Description of how a trial is conducted from start to finish. Discussion on the roles of technician/head of experimentation.
• CTIFL (Balladran). Example of a technical center. Descriptions of the technical center's activities and tour of the experiments conducted in the greenhouses.
• CIRAD (Montpellier). Tour of the greenhouses and descriptions of the experiments conducted there.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of the seed and plant protection sectors, and of experimental and research centers in France and tropical countries.
• Know the different departments within a company.
• Have a basic understanding of workplace safety (posture, etiquette, etc.)

Know-how

• a resume, a cover letter, and a job interview

Hourly volumes:

            CM: 3

            TD: 7.5

            Land: 16

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Students in this module will be required to compile a portfolio including: a job search, a resume and cover letter, a career plan, a skills assessment, a questionnaire on interpersonal skills, and a description of the internship topic.

An individual interview is conducted with the training manager on the subject of the career plan, covering the various elements that make up this file.