Posts Tagged ‘Lantra Scotland’
Aquaculture trainees are ALBAS winners
Trainees from Scottish Sea Farms and Cooke Aquaculture were among the winners at the ALBAS (Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills) on Thursday night. Craig Grounds (pictured above, with Jill Couto-Phoenix), from Oban in Argyll and Bute, won Aquaculture Learner of the Year. He completed his Modern Apprenticeship in Aquaculture at UHI Shetland while working…
Read MoreFish farm trainees shortlisted for Lantra awards
Trainees from three aquaculture companies have been short-listed for Lantra Scotland’s Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills, known as the ALBAS. Scottish Sea Farms, Cooke Aquaculture and Bakkafrost will all be represented at the awards event, which will take place at the Crieff Hydro on Thursday 7 March 2024. Hamish MacLean (pictured, above) from Tobermory…
Read MoreAquaculture student in national awards shortlist
A SHETLAND based aquaculture student has been named as a finalist in the British Education Awards. Emma Rochester, who is enrolled on the NAFC Marine Centre\’s level 3 Modern Apprenticeship in Aquaculture, works for Cooke Aquaculture on Yell. She was nominated for the award by the NAFC’s section leader for aquaculture training, Stuart Fitzsimmons. He…
Read MoreDon’t miss out – Lantra deadline looming!
THE closing date for nominations to Lantra Scotland’s 2020 Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills (ALBAS) is fast approaching. Rural employers, colleges and schools are being asked to put forward their top learners, before the deadline on Friday, November 15. An independent panel of judges will then shortlist the finalists, with winners announced at a…
Read MoreNominations open for top learner awards
NOMINATIONS are now open for Lantra Scotland’s 2020 Awards for Land Based and Aquaculture Skills – or ALBAS, as the awards have been renamed. Rural employers, colleges and schools are being asked to put forward their top learners, and to help recognise and promote the industry’s best talent. The awards provide trainees of all ages…
Read MoreMull man wins top apprentice award
A SCOTTISH Sea Farms employee has been named Aquaculture Learner of the Year at the Lantra Scotland Awards 2018. Alan Tangny, 30, who is based on the Isle of Mull and is undertaking a Modern Apprenticeship in Aquaculture through Inverness College UHI, was nominated for the exceptional commitment shown both to his on-site and SVQ…
Read MoreLantra awards postponed due to snow
LANTRA Scotland has announced on Twitter the postponement of its learner of the year awards ceremony, due to be held tonight in Dunblane. The ‘red’ weather warning in Scotland’s central belt, the first ever such alert to be issued by the Met Office for Scotland, was still in place this morning and transport services across…
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