Monsanto Zambia Internship – 2015
Job Title: Intern – Breeding Lusaka-0147L
Description
Main Objectives
- Trial Harvesting data collection – Establishing the Harvesting traits. Pre Harvest data collection using plot walker. Operations of mobile thresher and combine harvester.
- Data verification. Data submission to the breeder.
- Trial Plannning. – Site selection and identification of suitable cooperators, Signing of contracts with cooperators, Land preparation, trial mapping, seed packing and arrangement as per field plan, seed arrangement verification.
- Trial Planting. 1. Hand planting ;- Trial lay out. Preparation of planting holes. Fertilizer application and seed placement and covering. 2. Machine Planting – Machine transportation. Inspect the planter and tractor. Setting up base station. Load fertilizer. Make an AB line. Load planting Boxes in the planter. Planting operating the planter
- Trial management and data collection 1.Trial management- Involves germination assessment, weed control, fertilizer application and insect control. 2. Data collection – Establishing the traits for data collection eg disease identification and rating scale, recording data using hand held computer( Plot walker)
Qualifications
- Degree in Breeding
- Computer Literate
- Communications skills (excellent verbal and written )
- Creative and innovative
Job
Research & Development
Primary Location: Africa-Zambia
Organization: GLB Corn Breeding_51078627
Schedule: Full-time