Loïc IFFAT 5, rue de la source 17250 Saint Porchaire, France Nationality: French 23 years old, driving licence Mail :
[email protected] Website : http://loiciffat.free.fr Tel : 06.78.70.08.49
Ornamental horticulture ingineering
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION 2007 2003
A five-year-engineering programme at the National Institute of Horticulture (INH), a French public institution of higher education and research in Horticulture and Landscaping.
Languages
CREPUQ Student exchange programme, specialisation in agronomy, at the University of Laval, Quebec, Canada from september 2006 to december 2006
English: TOEFL 523/670 (European scale: B2)
Spanish: Unicert 2 (European scale: B2)
WORK EXPERIENCES August 2007 May 2007
Training period in the Lepage nursery, in the Val de Loire (France). Research on botanical synonyms and updating the nomenclature of the whole range of perennials. Botanical rigour, drafting of a scientific article January 2007
August 2006 May 2006
Employee in the “André Briant Jeunes Plants” nursery, in Val de Loire (France). Propagation by cuttings, pruning and maintenance of plant stocks. Use of the nusery tools, ability to react, distribution of the tasks
Training period in the Boyard horticultural firm, a public limited company based in Rochefort (France). Setting-up the certification of organic farming for the production of aromatic plants. Additional training on quality standards: ISO 9001. Formalization of the processes, organic and quality step , human relations Employee in a fruit and vegetable experimentation association based in Poitou-Charente (France). Experimentation, crop informaJuly 2005 tion on different varieties of melon (Haut Poitou), marketing survey Autonomy, work in binomial, relations with the consumer Training period in an experimental station (GIE Fleurs et Plantes du Sud-Ouest), member of the French horticultural network Astredhor. Follow-up of a marketing consultant in nurseries; experimentation in ornamental horticulture; participation in a technical meeting on weeding in nurseries. Listening, diplomacy, planning, analysis of the results, organization August 2005
July 2005 May 2005 August 2004 July 2004
Training period in a landscaping company in the Netherlands (A. de Boer Groentotaal). Maintenance of green spaces. Teamwork, analysis of the geographical and demographic constraints August 2003 July 2003
SKILLS
Employee in a farm (EARL Seguinaud, Saint André de Lidon, France). Tobacco castration and packaging. Organization of a workstation, a distribution of the tasks.
Computing Spreadsheet and database (Excel, Access, Works) Graphic softwares (Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design)
Text edition (Word) Web and website creation
Hobbies 2007 2005-2006
Organization of an "Orchids" exhibition in the premises of the INH. Responsible for the sector "Assembly-Dismantling" of the Floral Exhibition of students of the INH. Travels (Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Canada, China,...) Sport: badminton, walking
