Caledonian MacBrayne is getting set to welcome applications for the modern apprenticeship scheme
This rewarding programme gives you the ideal opportunity to train with marine experts for a career on the sea and is the perfect chance to you to live and work within your local community.
We are looking for a total of 16 dedicated and enthusiastic 17–24-year-olds who have a genuine passion for maritime to apply to join one of our industry-leading seafaring programmes in deck and engineering.
There are many rewards to a CalMac modern apprenticeship, including:
- Training at college
- Excellent salary with increments throughout your training.
- On-the-job training by experienced professionals who will help you all the way.
- Two weeks at work and two weeks off working pattern.
- We pay for your college, travel, accommodation and cover your meals when you are away from home - no student loans required.
- Your own personal mentor to support you with a career at sea.
- Company pension scheme.
Another aspect that our apprentices tell us that appealed to them the most is the chance to train for a skilled job while continuing to be based at home in the Western Isles and west coast. This aspect was a real attraction for our current recruits, who come from communities across our nework, including Stornoway, Barra, Islay, Cumbrae and Oban.
Time spent training on vessels is interspersed with periods spent at college in Glasgow working through courses including firefighting, first aid, and sea survival. Once the apprenticeship has ended, there are opportunities to join CalMac on a permanent basis.
As well as practical training and learning, we take the wellbeing of all staff very seriously. Living at sea can be a lonely time for anyone, however experienced they are, and we do as much as we can to look after our young apprentices. They have their own personal mentors throughout the course and access to our team of mental health first aiders, as well as employee assistance programme through a mobile app, which advises on personal issues outside of work.
Equality and diversity are also important to CalMac, and we are dedicated to welcoming people from all backgrounds into every sector of the company. For example, while the worldwide maritime sector has only 1.2% of women working in it, the figure at CalMac is more than 10% and we are committed to doing as much as we can to increase this.
We are accepting applications from 2-16 March, so please apply on our website here:
calmac.co.uk/careers/modern-apprenticeships
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