Name: Fraser 
Role Title: University Student
(Bachelor of Applied Science in Agribusiness)
Location: The University of Melbourne, Dookie College

FUTURE?  Fraser is interested in undertaking a career in commodity trading, or possibly in financial marketing. He intends to further his education by completing a technical analysis course relating to financial markets. BACKGROUND:  Fraser grew up in Toolamba, a small rural town in the Goulburn Valley. Fraser believes that living on a dairy farm all his life has definitely influenced his decision to study agricultural related areas.

Fraser - looking forward to a career in commodity trading or financial marketing

Course(s) studied:
Tertiary /post secondary. 
Fraser completed two and a half years of Bachelor of Applied Science in Agriculture and then changed courses to Bachelor of Applied Science in Agribusiness. 

Secondary: 
Fraser's VCE subjects included Biology, Information Technology, Outdoor Education, Further Mathematics, Geography and English. Fraser says that all of the subjects he completed in VCE helped him through university. 

Work experience:  Fraser has worked in several locations. He has worked consistantly on his parents' dairy farm, as well as orchards and vineyards throughout the Goulburn Valley Region acting as supervisor in some cases. He has also worked as Station Hand on a property in central NSW.  Fraser says that all of the subjects he completed in VCE helped him through his university courses

ADVICE TO STUDENTS NOW:
VCE students.
Fraser suggests that students who wish to pursue a career in Agriculture should structure their subject selection wisely for the university course they wish to do. He believes that a basic Maths subject will always help in the future no matter what career you may choose.

Tertiary students. 
Fraser considers practical experience to be as most important as the theory component, but the practical experience is harder to obtain.