Paid Summer Internship: Dairy Genetics & Data Science

Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC); Hamilton; On-site; NZD 48,000 - 54,000; Part time

Job summary

LIC’s R&D group invites ambitious students for a hands-on summer internship focused on calf defect data analysis, defect records workflow, and contributing to genetic research in dairy cattle. You’ll work with LIC systems like Calf Defect Form and MINDA, organizing data and discovering patterns to support future discoveries.

You’ll gain experience in data management, statistical analysis, and collaboration with veterinary/genetics teams at LIC Newstead Hamilton.

Qualifications

• Knowledge on either animal/human disease OR data analysis in R/python.
• Willingness to learn.
• Strong Excel expertise.
• Problem solving.
• Veterinary, genetics or data science students are particularly encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Organise and categorise calf data to establish structured data workflows.
• Analyse data to identify trends and patterns in calf defects.
• Identify potential new traits or conditions for future genetic research.

Skills

R/Python data analysis

Excel expert

Problem solving

Willingness to learn

Vet/Genetics background

Education

Science/Tech/Engineering/Design or Business NZ tertiary

Job description

LIC’s R&D group invites ambitious students for a hands-on summer internship focused on calf defect data analysis, defect records workflow, and contributing to genetic research in dairy cattle. You’ll work with LIC systems like Calf Defect Form and MINDA, organizing data and discovering patterns to support future discoveries.

You’ll gain experience in data management, statistical analysis, and collaboration with veterinary/genetics teams at LIC Newstead Hamilton.