Seafood training courses

Skills and qualifications in the fish and seafood industry

Overall, the UK fish and shellfish industry is worth almost £6 billion to the UK economy with fish and seafood processing and manufacturing playing a huge role in its success. But training a new generation of skilled workers is critical for the future of the industry – without the right fish and seafood training, your business won’t have the skills and experience needed to compete.

At the National Skills Academy for Food and Drink we have a range of seafood industry training courses to prepare your business for the future and become more competitive, more efficient and ultimately more profitable. Our specialist seafood courses are delivered though our network of high-quality training providers, offering seafood industry training at a number of levels – from workshops and short courses to core qualifications and completely bespoke programme developed specifically for you.

See our latest seafood training courses

We’ve picked out a selection of courses in the panel on your right, or you can see our full range of seafood industry courses here. You can also learn more by joining our fish and seafood network groups or seeing our full list of training providers.
Through our UK-wide network of training providers we can offer a range of seafood training courses including:

• Fish filleting, fish frying and fishmongery courses
• Seafood quality assessment
• Food safety and food hygiene courses for seafood manufacturing
• Analysis of fish products
• Shellfish and bivalve purification

Innovative training for a thriving industry

The fish and shellfish sector is an integral part of the UK economy, employing over 14,800 workers across 310 businesses in seafood processing. A further 2,300 employees work in seafood retail across more than 1,115 businesses nationwide.