Profile – Rosie Curtis Things are looking Rosie
ROSIE CURTIS IS THE MANAGER OF THE MARINE HARVEST SITE AT CAMUS GLAS ON LOCH SUNART, THE ONLY FEMALE FISH FARM MANAGER IN SCOTLAND
How did you get into fi sh farming? After going to college in Inverness for a couple of years I worked at the Nevis Range in Fort William for seven years. Then my dad took ill, and was given three months to live, so I went back home to Kilchoan, to help look after him and run his croft. After he died I decided to stay, and spent a year driving the ambulance car, which was very stressful. Both my little brother and my husband worked for Marine Harvest, and they told me about a technician’s job going at Glenmore, so I applied for it and got it. That was 17 years ago.
And how did you end up becoming manager at Camus Glas? I was a tech at Glenmore for about four
years. The assistant manager’s job came up and I got it. I did that for about eight years. When the sites at Glenmore and Laga Bay closed, we moved to Camus Glas. Initially, when the manager’s job came up I didn’t apply for it, but when it came up again I said to myself that I could do it, so I applied and got it. I’ve been manager here for about four years, but this is my fi rst full, cycle – because I had been off on maternity leave.
Did being female make a difference? The team I have here is fantastic, so I don’t think it’s made a difference to them that I’m female. Good communication is the secret to a successful workforce, and we have weekly meetings where any issues can be raised. My assistant manager, Calum Macphail, is very good, and the guys are very experienced an- yway. Initially I think I was conscious of being a female – it’s not like I could phone up any other female managers with any problems. And at the start I was a bit daunted by the management side of things, but I soon found my feet and I haven’t looked back. But it’s a good challenge and I absolutely love it. And, at the end of the day, yes I’m a female man- ager but I’m here to do a job – to produce the best salmon.
What has been the hardest part of the job? One of my main worries when I took on
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