Chantal Arien

-Set-up and performance of GLP studies aimed at testing the toxicology of agrochemicals on different insects and crops - Various laboratory and field manipulations in order to follow through the studies from application to harvest - Varietal selection of Sunflower in greenhouse and fields

-Collection and grain sales -Logistics supplies of pesticides and loading and unloading of grain -Head-site Knoeringue, silo monitoring and maintenance of equipment -Operation of construction equipment (CACES 9), inventory management -Support members in their choice of cereals or pesticides

- Customer reception, sale of veterinary products and technical assistant during the surgical operations - Realisation of the administrative tasks and the accounting

- Finalisation of study plans and reports in accordance with GLP - Guarantee a smooth and efficient Quality Assurance process between Study Directors in Ecotoxicology and Analytical Sciences and members of the Quality Assurance department - Quality proof-check study plans and reports - Prepare draft field reports (field soil dissipation) and aquatic ecotoxicology study plans - Archiving (daily update internal data bank, scanning, GLP process)

- Team coordinator herbicide SOPRA between Novartis (under the new Department of Agronomy Syngenta) - Supervisor of the seasonal team and trainees -Collection of a large variety of weeds to determine the spectrum of the herbicide - Study conduct according to assigned protocols -Treatments, growth assessments and collection of field data and presentation of the results to the commercial organisation

- Collaboration with farmers and technical staff, negotiation and drafting of contracts - Treatment according to GLP, crop maintenance and harvest, preparation of samples for analysis and incorporation of data into field log books

Technician in insecticide and fungicide research team - Set-up and performance of GLP studies aimed at testing the toxicology of agrochemicals on different insects and crops - Fungicidal experiments, multiplication of inoculums and implementation of artificial contagion. - Conduct of efficacy field trials, various laboratory and field manipulations (breeding of héliothis) in order to follow through the studies from application to harvest

-Conduct of different types of field trials: investigation in maize predators, fungicide and herbicide tests (asparagus, potatoes, corn, cabbage, apple, grape ...) - Tests on beneficial control and efficacy on hops

- PLANT PROTECTION PUBLIC SERVICE, AMIENS, FRANCE, FOR THE SRPV Period spent working as a trainee under the responsibility of Jean-Louis Roussel, Head of Rural Development and Economic Diversification.

BTA Technician’s Certificate in Option Horticulture