Seafood Training Centre

The Seafood Training Centre North Shields has been established since 2001 and is a key member of the Seafood Training Academy.

The Centre is managed by Anglo Scottish Seafish Training which is part of the national training organistion which covers all aspects of the Fishing Industry. The area of coverage includes Scotland, North East England and the North West of England.

From 1st July 2008 Seafish has made available funding for certain courses covering catching, processing, and frying.

The Academy is a partnership between Billingsgate Seafood Training School, London, the Seafood North West Training Centre, Fleetwood, the Seafood Training Centre North Shields, the National Federation of Fish Friers' Training School, Leeds, the Sea Fish Industry Authority, Hull and the UK-wide Seafood Industry Group Training Association network.

The Seafood Training Centre North Shields shares the aims of the partnership.

It is committed to raising the standards of training delivery, providing access to high quality, cost-effective training, promoting learning and development in the seafood industry, and providing access to information about the industry.

The Seafood Training Centre North Shields will promote training and learning opportunities; agree and set standards for training delivery; share best practice; achieve economies of scale; provide a single training source for industry. 

Our clients include individuals, schools, charity groups such as the Round Table and Rotary Club, and businesses in all trade areas from fish and chip shops to large processors.

We also assist Job Centres, BTCVs and Working Links to provide training courses for the unemployed; we regard this as especially important, and we have an excellent record in this field. Our trainees typically go on to find employment within the industry, and we take great satisfaction in seeing the positive results of our services.

We welcome enquiries from any organisation looking for training providers.

This includes schools and colleges, together with other career-based organisations catering for those over 16 years of age.
 
All our courses are fully certified and accredited.

We can also offer our own bespoke certified courses designed for individuals, and small groups of every kind.

We look forward to hearing from you soon. Please get in touch!