Workboat Apprenticeship Program Launched
The National Workboat Association (NWA), the safety standards, skills and trade association for the workboat industry, has announced that the Workboat Crewmember Apprenticeship standard has been finalized, paving the way for the scheme to be rolled out this summer by training providers across England and Wales.The development of the Apprenticeship comes in response to a growing skills and crewing challenge highlighted by NWA members and the wider maritime sector, as experienced seafarers leave the industry, often for retirement, and numbers of young people entering the industry have fallen. It will
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of Wight.” Red Ensign and Seacat Services are exhibiting at Seawork 2016 in Southampton this week. On Wednesday evening, George Turpin, a graduate of Seacat Services’ first apprenticeship scheme, will collect the John Percival Memorial Award for outstanding seamanship at the National Workboat Association dinner