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SAB: Agriculture Internships 2022

Job Description

Company SAB
Location Kimberley, South Africa
Date listed: 09 September 2021

SAB: Agriculture Internship Programme 2022

The programme is designed to provide Agricultural graduates an intensive focussed training program, where they will gain insight into every aspect of agricultural development within the South African Breweries environment.

The programme will include practical exposure to the following:

  • Basic understanding of the malting and brewing process
  • Operation of farm equipment
  • Safety in the workplace
  • Introduction to barley breeding and barley seed chain
  • Research and development methodology and practical execution of field trials
  • Input cost budgets and tracking. Marketing environment and marketing of barley
  • Production practices of raw materials for the use in brewing (Barley, maize, sorghum and cassava)
  • Official certification:
  1. BASOS (Fertiliser recommendations)
  2. AVCASA (Chemical recommendations)
  3. Grading courses (Barley and maize)

Qualifications

  • Completed qualification or final year graduate (BTech in Agriculture or BAgric or BSc Agric or BSc Agric Hon or MSc Agric)
  • Must major in Agronomy/Plant production/Crop Production and Soil Science
  • No more than 3 years formal work experience post achieving your qualification (Internship, vacation work, short duration contracts and part-time work experiences is not applicable)
  • Basic proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Excel) and ability to quickly adapt to new systems
  • A valid drivers’ licence would be an advantage


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