Industry GuidanceUKSA Industry Guidance
UKSA Industry Guidance is a support service provided exclusively for UKSA career course graduates. With a reputation among employers for providing well trained staff, the number of jobs available has grown significantly year on year since the service began.
Creating an environment for success
At its heart, a career in the yachting industry is not just about sailing, it’s about creating a safe and well-managed environment. This ethos is central to training at the Academy, and plays a big part in our graduates’ success. The service is designed to compliment and work in partnership with your own jobseeking activities.
Our training programmes have evolved over many years of close consultation with employers and regulatory bodies. We go beyond focusing solely on the acquisition of paper qualifications, because we know that employers need more than that. Academy training focuses on providing the skills, knowledge and expertise necessary for long term professional success. This is what makes UKSA graduates so employable.
Guidance and support from day one
We provide sound guidance and advice from the moment you first get in touch with us. Working closely with our Industry Guidance department, our course advisers can answer your questions about training options, employment and work, providing the information you need to make an informed decision about your future. While at UKSA, further guidance and advice is provided to ensure you are fit for work in the industry.
Face to face advice
The Academy offers free monthly open days, providing prospective students with guidance and advice on training and career routes, making sure you receive the individual advice you need. These are highly recommended - please contact us for the next available dates.
Weekly marine job opportunities
We advise you to research different routes within the industry, to help you the Industry Guidance team provides a weekly overview of jobs opportunities at www.uksa.org/jobslist.
Yachtcareers.com
As a career student you will have access to UKSA's unique online recruitment service, www.yachtcareers.com, as soon as you book your training.
Benefits
- An online recruitment service exclusively for UKSA graduates
- Publish your photo, CV and training profile for employers to view online
- Our point of contact with you after graduating, enabling us to track your progress and keep you in touch with the best opportunities wherever you are in the
- Detailed descriptions of job opportunities not available elsewhere
- Quickly and easily apply for work opportunities
- Rapid response to any job application
Into your first job
The UKSA Industry Guidance will help, support and guide you towards your first job in the industry:
- Find the right route to employment with industry talks and workshops
- One-to-one guidance on marketing your skills to employers
- CV preparation and interview techniques
- The Industry Guidance team also organises guest speakers, many of them employers, who provide a wealth of additional input, industry perspective and networking opportunities
Academy training focuses on providing graduates with essential interpersonal skills so important for success, with guidance and direction given from day one through our mentoring programme.
Job opportunities in just one year
In just 1 year* UKSA Industry Guidance dealt with well over 1500 job opportunities in yachting,
covering a whole range of positions on sailing and motor yachts, including:
- 225 Engineering jobs
- 91 Captains / Skippers
- 47 Couple positions
- 283 Deckhand positions
- 74 Mate positions
- 452 Delivery Crew positions
- 170 Interior (Steward/ess)
- More than 100 others, including racing skipper, yacht instructor, relief captain, racing manager, chefs, shore staff and many more.
