We spend a large part of our lives at work so making this time enjoyable and a time to develop personally is extremely important and worthwhile.
Improving your skills will:
Help you to do your job better
Keep your skills up to date
Help you to progress in your career.
Employers in the fisheries management industry have identified the following areas which will help their businesses and help you to progress:
Technical skills for new technologies and new monitoring techniques
These will be needed in response to the Water Framework Directive
Job specific training to ensure current industry knowledge, experience and continuous professional development
This will raise the skills, knowledge and experience of employees and volunteers
Planning and organisation, communications, leadership, management, sales and marketing, computing and advanced IT, and customer service skills
Developing these higher level skills could help you to diversify, fill the gaps left by retiring business owners in the sector, start your own business or work abroad.
Whatever your age, experience or ambitions, there are qualifications and routes into learning to suit you.
