Internship Opportunities

Our Internship Program is an excellent opportunity to gain practical experience and explore potential careers. Students typically spend three months learning various aspects of the Companies' divisions or of a specific role. This ‘training’ time allows for students to acquire broad knowledge of the Company as well as intricate knowledge of a position related to their discipline. Our programs are adaptable, so look for an internship that matches your interests and goals.

• Research - i.e. Hatchery (hatchability); Farms (breeder/leghorn development)
• Farms - Work together with farm managers on broiler, broiler breeder, and layer operations to gain hands-on operational experience – including bird placement, set-up, shipping, production, feeding, and clean-out.
• Feed Sales - Utilize animal science and/or nutrition education, work with dairy or poultry feed departments on feed formulation, selling strategies, techniques, and marketing bulk feeds to farmers.
• IPM (Integrated Pest Management) - Examine pest management within the Companies’ operations. Conduct research and evaluate and establish programs using farms and hatchery operations for pest control trials.
• Professional - Learning opportunities within each of the Companies’ various operations including: feed milling plant exposure – gain “hands-on” as well as potential research opportunities; farming operations – gain “hands-on” working experience on the Companies’ farming operations, working weekly with broilers, broiler breeders and layers; office and/or hatchery administration – developing standard operating procedures, assisting with protocols, office procedures, accounting, etc.

If you are interested in being involved in this area of our Companies, we would love to hear from you! Please email us at intern@friesencompanies.com.