SPONSORS OF COMPETENCY TRAINING FEATURE
INDUSTRY TRANSFERABLE SKILLS The need for industries to work together
With an eye to the future, Whitby & District Fishing Industry Training School opened during 2002 with the intention of delivering safety training to sea fishing apprentices, new entrants to the industry and to experienced fishermen.
North Yorkshire – a vast area to cover - and had spent much time advising the farming fraternity regarding diversification to ensure sustainability of their farms, which for many proved extremely successful.
OFFSHORE WIND INDUSTRY INTEREST It is no surprise therefore that Whitby Fishing School planned to become involved with safety training for the offshore wind farm companies. Various meetings have been held with fishermen in locations between the Tees and Humber rivers, primarily to assist the fishermen to consider how best they
COMPANY AIMS The company’s aims have expanded over the years and now the main aim is to deliver high quality safety training to various maritime industries.
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND The Chief Executive, Anne Hornigold, had worked predominantly within the business start-up, company development and expansion areas and had previously worked for such organisations as business development agencies, business mentoring and consultancy and some work with the Prince’s Trust.
She became involved in the fishing industry when working for a local business development agency and quickly became embroiled in the complications of setting up a training centre for the fishing industry – and has remained there ever since. Previously, she had been involved with the desperate Foot and Mouth situation within
can manage the many changes which lie ahead.
WORKING TOGETHER The fishing school has already begun to work with various wind energy companies who are preparing offshore wind farms along the east coast of the U.K. and suitably qualified staff have been employed by the school to deliver alternative training to interested crews.
OPPORTUNITIES The training centre recognises that the disruption and breaks in fishing caused during the preparation and survey works by wind energy companies can be offset by essential upskilling of the fishermen who aim to eventually diversify into the wind farm industry to work on guard and supply vessels. Given the difficulties the fishermen already experience due to restrictions on fishing quotas and days at sea, it will be possible for those skippers and crews who have become suitably qualified to gain an extra income by working for the wind energy companies in between fishing periods.
SUCCESSES SO FAR Whitby Fishing School has already begun this alternative training and has been successful in delivering advanced training to many fishermen in the Bridlington area, who have then gone on to work within the wind energy sector.
“The extra income stream the fishing school has earned has been invaluable in ensuring the sustainability of the company”, said Anne Hornigold, “the progression opportunities for our fishing apprentices, once they are qualified, have now much improved. The school is training STCW95 courses alongside all the Sea Fish Industry Authority fishing qualifications and this can only be of benefit for our trainees and to the wider east coast communities”.
Liam, currently an apprentice deck hand at the Whitby Fishing School said, “I’m working hard and looking forward to qualifying as a deck hand. The support and facilities at the school are excellent. It’s great that I have options of further training into the offshore wind industry and I’m looking forward to it”.
BEING POSITIVE AND PRO-ACTIVE Whitby Fishing School looks forward to working closely with an industry that is taking a positive, pro-active view towards fishing and other coastal activities, working with and within coastal areas to promote community sustainability through diversification.
Whitby Fishing School
www.whitbyfishingschool.co.uk
www.windenergynetwork.co.uk
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