UKSA Careers Service
UKSA Careers is a dedicated in-house recruitment agency 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 careers 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.
Face to face advice
The Academy offers free monthly career seminars, providing prospective students with guidance and advice on training and career routes, making sure you receive the individual advice you need. These are hugely 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 careers 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 world.
- 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
During your time at Academy, UKSA Careers team will help, support and guide you towards your first job in the industry by:
- Find the right route to employment for your with talks and workshops on working in the industry
- One-to-one guidance and advice on marketing your skills in yachting
- CV preparation advice AND Interviews techniques
- Online interview facilities for overseas employers
Job opportunities in just one year
In just 1 year* UKSA Careers 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.