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Agricultural Placement KWS UK Thriplow, England

KWS Group

Full Time Thriplow, England 10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today

Job description

KWS UK Ltd. is looking for a talent to join our breeding station for a 15-Month Agricultural Placement starting from July 2023 to September 2024. This opportunity will be based in Thriplow near Cambridge.

Want to see how your knowledge applied in the real work? Our talented Team is willing to train you and develop your skills

Your student placement experience will be varied, interesting and intensive, giving you the opportunity to work across a wide range of crops.

You can expect us to:

Help you maximise your opportunity to learn and develop
Provide a bespoke, extensive training programme, which may include industry qualifications such as NPTC Pesticide application courses.
Train you in the use of a range of agricultural machinery and equipment
Give you the opportunity to gain an insight into a successful plant breeding company

You will:

Be studying for an agriculture/plant breeding related degree in the UK
Have enthusiasm and interest in agriculture, preferably plant breeding
Appreciate our brand values (Team Spirit, Closeness and Trust, Vision and Independence)
Be committed to learning, the placement and most of all, our success
Be a flexible team player
Hold a full driving license

Interested? Please apply by submitting your application (cover letter, CV) on our career portal.

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About KWS

KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. Over 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.5 billion in the fiscal year 2021/2022. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for 165 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugarbeet, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants’ resistance to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than €285 million last fiscal year in research and development.

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