Husbandry Apprentice, Scottish Sea Farms

“I’ve always been interested in aviation, so when the school offered work experience opportunities, I decided to come here. That was three years ago now. I volunteered after that, and then I got the apprenticeship in May 2021.

“Some days I can be answering phone calls and emails, and other days I can be parking aircrafts or on the radio to aircrafts coming in, so it has great variety!

“I’d definitely go for an apprenticeship – I think it’s a great way to get experience in the job role rather than going through university and not get the experience that you’re getting with something like this.”

“I work on the Fishnish site on Mull where we grow salmon. All my life I have loved fish, which led me to go to university and I studied Marine and Freshwater Biology. After that, I knew I wanted to get into aquaculture, but I didn’t want to get into academia, so that led me here. Daily, we go from cage to cage to check on the fish and make sure everything is secure, as well as checking the water equality and temperature.

“Being out every day experiencing all of it, in bad weather, good weather. Just being on the sea and seeing the fish and being part of it – it’s the best thing about it. There are not many jobs out there like that.”