"Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny." Carl Schurz.
Dive Training
Aquaculture as an industry offers a vast array of career opportunities both here in New Zealand and abroad. Click here for the Kiwicareers summary of seafood industry careers. www.kiwicareers.govt.nz
Through the auspices of the Gateway programme, Queen Charlotte College students have the opportunity to gain valuable work experience whilst still attending the College. If students wish to attain the Level 2 National Certificate in Aquaculture they will have to work a minimum of 40 hours in an aquaculture facility. In 2004 and 2005 this has been organised through Sanfords in Havelock. Students also gain valuable insights into the range of careers available to them from visiting speakers and field visits to aquaculture facilities throughout Nelson and Marlborough.
For students who wish to continue their education beyond Queen Charlotte College, several New Zealand Universities offer marine related degrees. Otago University, Victoria University Wellington, Auckland University and University of Canterbury all have undergraduate science degrees that can include marine papers. Scholarships will be offered to suitable candidates who go on to university and enrol in a marine related degree course.
Mussel Trial
A selection of careers that could lead on from studying aquaculture at Queen Charlotte College include:
- Mussel harvesting
- Mussel processing
- Water quality testing
- Research scientist,
e.g. with NIWA or Cawthron Institute or within the aquaculture industry - Salmon cage maintenance
- Commercial diver
- Dive instructor
- Boat skipper
- Boat building
- Department of Conservation
- Paua farm contractor
- Rope manufacturer
- Receptionist
- Marketing
- Aluminium or steel fabricator
- Engineering
- Planning Officer within District and Regional Councils