A variety of apprenticeships are available to help businesses in the seafood retail and wholesale industry ensure that their staff have the knowledge and skills to become excellent fishmongers.

Seafood businesses can access Level 2 and Level 3 fish and shellfish industry framework based apprenticeships in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. These frameworks have a significant fishmonger content to draw from.

In England the available apprenticeship is a standards-based retail fishmonger apprenticeship at Level 2.  The Standard is being revised to include wholesale fishmongering and this will be available from 19 March 2025.

Scotland

Polaris Learning – contact Helen Rush on 07780 772508 or helen@polaris-learning.com  to talk about fish and shellfish based apprenticeships.

Wales

Cambrian Training – contact Mark Llewellyn on 01938 555893 or email mark@cambriantraining.com.

Northern Ireland

The various Regional Colleges may be able to support apprenticeships in the seafood industry.

England

There are several providers of fishmonger apprenticeships. Those supporting independent fishmongers include MEAT Ipswich and Chef Benson-Smith Ltd.

For an up to date list of providers, please visit this website.  NB:  For many fishmongers it is possible that none of the current providers will be suitable for your apprentice.  If this is the case please contact the onshore team at Seafish.

Fishmonger apprentices in England can follow the link to the Learner journey resources webpage where there are online resources available to support their learning journey.