Careers in food and farming. A real EDGE Apprenticeship opportunity: Work with chickens, turkeys and a small herd of cattle on a family-run 50 acre farm.

Careers in food and farming

A real EDGE Apprenticeship opportunity:Work with chickens, turkeys and a small herd of cattle on a family-run 50 acre farm with its own butchery. Even help at farmers markets.

LivestockNutritio

nist

£20,000 - £50,000

Manages the feeding of the livestock

Herd Manager£25,000 - £30,000

Managing the livestock on a farmVeterinary Surgeon

£30,500Keeping the livestock live and healthy

10 MILLION COWS IN THE UK.

36 MILLION SHEEP IN THE UK.

Horticulture

Researcher

£20,000 - £30,000

Researching genetics, fertilisers etc. Ensuring the plants

grow correctly and to the best of their ability

Commercial Manager£40,000

Manages all aspects of production; growing,

sales, packing and quality

Operations Manager

£50,000

Controls all operations to ensure the

highest quality produce.

HORTICULTUR

E CAN BE

ANYTHING

FROM

VEGETABLES

AND FRUIT TO

FLOWERS AND

TREES

A real EDGE Apprenticehip vacancy:

Become the assistant to the blackcurrant manager , be part

of a small team who produce blackcurrants for Ribena on

approx 60 hectares.

Machinery/Engineering

Agricultu

ral Technician

£25,000 - £40,000

Developing machinery fo

r

farm use and

maintaining it.

Product Demonstrator£26,000 - £34,000

Demonstrating what different

machinery can do to potential customers

Electrical engineer£20,000 - £40,000

Produces and maintains electrics

for agricultural machinery

AGRICULTURAL

ENGINEERING USES

THE MOST ACADEMIC SUBJECTS THAN ANY

OTHER OCCUPATION

A real EDGE Apprenticehip opportunity:

Work for the UK's leading manufacturer of agricultural attachments. A long term position with

great prospects.

Arable Agronomist

£25,000 - £30,000

Keeps the crops healthy and

growing well

Trial Site Manager

£45,000 - £50,000

Manages the crops that are growing,

including rotations and seed rate

70% OF THE UK

LAND

IS ARABLE LAND

Grain Trader£20,000 - £30,000

Buys and sells grain to

manufacturers and farms in

the UK and internationally

OVER 20 MILLION TONNES OF CROPS ARE GROWN PER YEAR

A real EDGE Apprenticeship vacancy:Work at a large commercial vegetable grower in

Norfolk. A great opportunity with prospects for the future.