Work placements proposals - Choose the formula adapted to your request

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1 Work placements proposals - Choose the formula adapted to your request The dates, duration and objectives of the work placements proposed during the training courses at Montpellier SupAgro depend on the students level and curriculum. In France as in the international, the work placements may last from 6 weeks to 6 months. They cover all periods of the year. Year Heading of the internship Commitments Calendar A level + 3 1st year of French engineering training A level + 4 2nd year of engineering training or Year 1 of Master's A level + 4 Tutorial gap year A level + 5 3rd year of French engineering training or Year 2 of Master's A level + 6 French Engineering of specialization or Executive/Honour Master's Degrees Internship as a workman Engineering assistant Agri-food for the South Rural and agricultural Development Work placement of tutorial gap year End-of-Study work placement Agri-food for the South Rural and agricultural Development Vocational Mission To Participate in the daily tasks on the farm or the agrifood business To become part of an association, a program of research, a development project or a business by participating in activities conducted by an engineer To join a research program, a development project under the local manager's direct supervision To Respond to a demand from professionals by the implementation of a scientific approach involving the key data collection. Production of a summary document of professional and scientific quality. The student is supervised by a tutor of the institute. To Participate in the construction of a professional project aimed at strengthening the sustainability of a production system, a process of local or national development in a Northern or Southern country. The student is supervised by a tutor of the institute. From June to August from 6 to 10 weeks From June to August from 6 to 10 weeks From September to August from 2 to 6 weeks From April to September from 5 to 6 months From May to September 5 months

2 Year 1 internship: work placement as a workman Duration from 6 to 8 weeks Location: on a farm or in an Agri-food Business; in France or abroad. Objectives: To summon the knowledge acquired during the 1rst year of engineering training. To develop the skills of observation, listening, questioning, analysing and adaptability. Discovery of the actual situation that prevails in agriculture and agri-food business. Possibility to carry out the work placement abroad for practising a foreign language Assessment: work placement report Contact: Julie SOREZE

3 Agri-food for the South Curriculum Year 2 work placement: engineering assistant The work placement objective - To discover and analyse the activities of an engineer in agri-food. - To develop the knowledge of the organization and operation of a company within a different legal and cultural framework. - To demonstrate and develop the student's adaptability. This work placement is carried out preferably in an English speaking professional agri-food environment. A few examples of work placements - "Optimization of brown sugar manufacture from sugar cane" (Mauritius) - "Research and development: Development of a cheese type new product " (Lebanon) - "Improvement of yields during the production of beverages based on tropical fruits" (Senegal) - "Analysis and quantification of losses by inversion of sucrose on the refinery process" (France) General organization During the work placement period from 6 to 10 weeks, the trainee is engineering-assistant. The trainee participates in an engineering mission and observes the operational aspects of the company. The training will be carried out during the summer. The work placement assessment The end of the work placement viva will consist in a presentation in English ( in Spanish if the work placement has been carried out in Spanish-speaking countries), even if the work placement is being held in France. The 10 minutes performance will present the environment and the activities of the company as well as the work carried out during the work placement. The presentation is based on a slide show of 10 slides. Contact: Olivier LINCK

4 Agri-food for the South Curriculum Year 3 - end-of-study work placement This long term work placement from 5 to 6 months takes place during the 10th semester. It is carried out in a company or in a research laboratory in a Southern country. It can also deal with an issue having a strong link with the Southern countries. The work placement gives rise to a compulsory end-of-study thesis and viva. The end-of-study work placement (30 ECTS) aims at applying the acquired theoretical and technical knowledge in the context of a prevocational.situation. It prepares the student for her/his future employability. The trainee must have a work placement mission coping with the processing or upgrading of agricultural and food products concern such as production, industrial performance, quality or research and development. The contents of the curriculum prepare students perfectly for work placements at the interface between production and processing. A few examples of work placements: Stability of anthocyanin extracts and dried powder of chalices of Hybiscus sabdariffa according to the storage temperature. Support to the carrying out of the pickle sector in South Viet Nam. Implementation of a quality management system in view of an ISO 9001 certification. Development of the coconut sector in French Polynesia by the creation of new products. Control of Bresse Bleu kinetic dripping and proposals for management indicators. Optimization of the nutritional and sensory quality of an innovative product from the processing of the guava: the pure juice of guava. Optimization of the process quality and control of the sliced smoked fish workshop.

5 Agricultural and rural development in the South curriculum Year 2 (Master 1) work placement: engineering assistant Two individual long-term work placements are offered in a Southern country, within a research unit, a development organization or a company: an engineer assistant work placement from 6 weeks to 3 months at the end of year 2 (semester 8) and a 6 month engineer work placement at the end of the curriculum, year 3 (Semester10). This engineering assistant work placement will allow the student to develop her/his technical and organizational skills, as well as to demonstrate and develop her/his adaptability. She/he may join an association, a program of research, a development project or a company by participating in activities conducted by an engineer. The academic objectives are the following To Discover and understand the management and organization of the host institution; To Determine and analyse the activities of an engineer in the agricultural and rural development field; Assessment Work placement report. Appreciation of student s work by the supervisor. Examples of work placements: Study of a multi-service collection centre promoted by the IRAM, in its various dimensions: capacity to supply the dairy industry in quality and quantity, capacity to offer support to the herders (Niger); Monitoring and analysis of experiments of organic fertilization implemented among the farmers and herders in French Guiana; Evaluation of the relevance, feasibility, and sustainability of the adoption of worm farming in the Ambohimanambola region (Madagascar). To participate in the goings-on of the institution in carrying out one or more activities in support to an engineer. The student will put into practice the engineer's tools: to perform a study, to get aware of a research approach; The student will learn about writing scientific reports. Contact: Marie-Jeanne VALONY

6 Agricultural and rural development in the South curriculum Year 3 - end-of-study work placement Year 3 (Master 2) - end-of-study work placement The work placement lasts from 5 to 6 months, and generally takes place in a Mediterranean and tropical area in the framework of research or development projects implemented by OSI-NGOS, firms of consultants, professional organizations, public research or academic institutions, public technical services or programs. It may possibly be done in the agricultural sector in France. The work placement gives rise to a compulsory end-of-study thesis and viva. The end-of-study work placement has the following objectives: The work simulation situation of support to agricultural and rural development: To respond to the request of a development organization and to get into an organization and a professional team; The implementation of a scientific approach that mobilizes the references and theoretical methods and tools taught during the year; The production of original data responding to an agricultural or rural development issue from field work; The production of a report of professional and scientific quality. This report have to incorporate the findings of research on the theme, and providing an original response as it is based on new data from the student's personal production to the organization, sponsor of the work placement. Examples of work placements: RESAD - Resources, Agriculture System, Development "Analysis/evaluation of tubers cropping systems and orientation of research and development activities to improve the families' food security " (Ethiopia); GSE- Water Social Management "Operations, dysfunction and contemporary dynamics of water management in Kairouan area, the irrigated perimeter of El Haouareb" (Tunia); MOQUAS - Markets, Organizations, Food Quality Services for the South Support Services for agriculture: "Appraisal of second generation market information systems in developing countries" (Kenya). More examples of Agricultural and rural development end-of-study work placement

7 Agricultural and rural development in the South curriculum Year 3 - end-of-study work placement More examples of work placements RESAD - Resources, Agriculture System, Development Project of the African Union: "Dynamics of plantations of clove trees in the Sainte Marie Island and economic function of agroforestry systems complex" (Madagascar); "Dynamics of old African rice varieties uses (Oryza Glaberrima) in the Cascades region" (Burkina Faso); "Analysis and characterization of agricultural situations to feed a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) to the territorial scale the irrigated perimeter of Kairouan" (Tunisia); "Agrarian diagnosis and orientation of actions of agricultural recovery without arousing the conflicts over land" (Ivory Coast); "Agrarian diagnosis on new grounds: what are the agricultural and land situations?" (South Africa). GSE- Water Social Management "Local governance of water management in Luale ward, Uluguru Mountains : innovations and collective actions" (Tanzanie); "Support to the preparation of the contract concerning the catchment area of l Étang de l Or", (France); Durability analysis of the extension dynamic to Tafilalet oasian system (Morocco). MOQUAS - Markets, Organizations, Food Quality Services, at the South Dynamics of family-based farming / migrations, rural exodus: "Study of the conditions for agricultural production diversification in the Ayeyarwady Delta" (Myanmar); Food security: "Strengthening the role of cereal banks in the food security policy in Mali" (Mali); Agricultural and rural development organizations: What about the relationships between producers and their fair trade cooperatives? (Costa Rica); Supply chains and markets: "Study of marketing strategies with a view to contracting exchanges within the corn and cassava supply chains in the High Matsiatra" region (Madagascar); Contract farming: "What are the needs in support services of the sugar farmers with a Cosumar contract (Morocco);

8 Post-master s degree in Innovations and Policies for Sustainable Food Vocational Mission From May to October, the students undertake a mission in a professional situation, aimed at strengthening a sustainable production, or a local or national development process and so on. In April expert commissions meet to finalize the presentation of the missions before their realisation. They appraise the work done by the students, and they advise them on the methodological, bibliographic aspects and so on. Examples of work placements Development of a public policy of the integrated food supply at the territory level via a global diagnosis of the territory, the "urban area" and its likely evolution. Institutional innovations in linking sustainable practices with markets. The mission lasts over 5 months; the viva takes place in October. These missions prepare effectively the students for their future occupational integration. They represent also an opportunity for them to widen their professional networks. Implementation of a sustainable supply chain for the Nile perch in Tanzania. Contribution to the standardization of social and economic indicators for the wine sector in Quebec. Characterization of innovations in Swiss plant production.

9 Tutorial gap year The Montpellier SupAgro Teachers' Board on 10 July 1998 decided to allow the students to perform a tutorial gap year between the 2nd and the 3rd year. At the end of this tutorial gap year, the student obtains a diploma awarded by Montpellier SupAgro, the Certificate of Graduate Studies in Agricultural Sciences (CESA). Thus, the student will keep the student status (social coverage + agreed and tutored work placements). Students can as well follow a training course, a work placement, a mission... outside Montpellier SupAgro while remaining enrolled. Clearly differentiated from the sabbatical year this period allows students to verify thanks to this experience their choice of orientation and/or their professional project and take advantage to the best of the year of specialization coming next. The Tutorial Gap Year is carried out in a regulated framework. The student is supervised by a teacher-researcher or researcher who is the guarantor of the qualification of the tutorial gap year in accepting the tutoring of this particular phase of training. This gap year make the realisation of internship possible all through the year.