Modern Apprenticeships - Fish and Shellfish

Fish and Shellfish Processing Skills (SCQF Level 5)

Fish and Shellfish Industry Skills (SCQF Level 6)

Modern Apprenticeships are funded by Skills Development Scotland for eligible employees. They enable you to upskill your employees, and quickly and effectively accelerate learning and development within your organisation. Employees appreciate the opportunity to be involved in self-development and to do their job as well as they can.

Your employees can learn their trade or build on their skills on the job while working towards their qualification.

This can help you to:

Train and develop your current workforce
Attract new recruits
Establish a training and development route for new recruits
Demonstrate the competence of your team

Specifically Created:

Created in conjunction with Seafish, and the National Skills Academy for Food and Drink.
Extensive input from large and small companies such as Farne Salmon and Trout Ltd and Lunar
Supported by Skills Development Scotland

Who is this Suitable for?

These qualifications are rated at SCQF Level 5 and Level 6. This means they are suitable for anyone working in an operational role.

For Team Members Experienced in the Industry

For those who are in the industry already, this Modern Apprenticeship gives them an opportunity to demonstrate their competencies, as well as develop any skills or knowledge areas where there might be gaps.

We have worked with many experienced team members who have been in an organisation for many years. They have still found the process to be beneficial, and have appreciated the opportunity to complete a recognised qualification.

If they are in a more senior role, a different Modern Apprenticeship might be more suitable and we can talk you through what is available.

For Team Members New to the Industry

The Modern Apprenticeship is an ideal framework to help you develop your new employees in a supported and structured way, while taking them through the knowledge and skills that they need.

You can integrate the Modern Apprenticeship qualification into your development programme or use it as a basis for developing your new recruits.

Being able to offer Modern Apprenticeships can help you attract and retain new employees. It helps your new employees to feel that they are valued, they can see where they need to develop and where they can focus to become competent.

Career and Succession Planning

Many of our clients choose to build Modern Apprenticeship qualifications into career planning and succession planning.

“The Modern Apprenticeship programmes have given our employees a prime opportunity to expand their knowledge and to have their practical skills assessed to national recognised standards, which demonstrates our confidence in the ability of our staff at all levels.

This will ensure that we will continue to deliver the quality and service that we are renowned for.”

– Ros Hall – Training Manager at Farne Salmon & Trout Ltd

Demonstrating Competence and Preparing for Audits

Modern Apprenticeship qualifications are also a good way to not only develop employees, but also demonstrate their competence. Not only are you investing in your people, upskilling and planning for the future but you are also demonstrating your commitment to quality to your clients and other auditors.

How can the Modern Apprenticeship Support Different Job Roles?

Why Polaris Learning to Support your Modern Apprenticeship Programme?

At Polaris Learning, we have worked with over 3000 learners, across 40 companies during the last 20 years. In the Seafish industry, we work closely with Seafish Scotland providing a range of courses on their behalf including HACCP, Fish Filleting, Knife Skills and Food Hygiene.

We also deliver a large number of Modern Apprenticeship programmes with pathways for people working in different job roles, and in all parts of the industry from aquaculture, fish processing through to retail.

Our experienced team work closely with our clients and their people to make sure that everyone gets the most from the Modern Apprenticeship programme. We provide 1 to 1 training, if that suits the business and individual best, or we can provide training in workshops to bring different people together from across the organisation.

We offer Modern Apprenticeship programmes at Level 2 (SCQF 5) and Level 3 (SCQF 6) which are suitable for different levels of your team to reflect their levels of experience and responsibility. The experience of our team and their knowledge of your industry allows them to adjust their approach depending on what is required, working closely with you to make sure that the requirements of the qualification are met while increasing the knowledge and competence of each individual.