There are many careers which relate to marine activities, though not all of these roles are actually at sea. Traditionally it was said that, for every fisherman at sea there were 10 people employed as a result on land. The same can be said to be true today,

I have been reading about the Honda Marine Apprenticeship scheme, click to read more.

here is just a short list of the possible maritime related careers.

FISHING / AQUACULTURE 

Jobs : Aquaculture, Traditional fishing, Offshore fishing, Inshore fishing, Industrial fishing, Transformation, Marketing of seafood products

SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIR

Jobs : Inland waterway vessels, Recreational boats, Ships

MERCHANT NAVY

Jobs :Coaster, Dredger, Submersible, Offshore, cable layer, Liner, ferry, Fishing vessel, Oil/liquid gas tanker, Container ship, cargo ship, Ro-Ro vessel, Sand barge, Auxiliary vessel, bulk ore carrier 

PORT ENGINEERING

Jobs : Ports, Equipment, Services

EQUIPMENT / SUB-CONTRACTING

Jobs :Mechanics, Electrics, Electronics, Information technology, Communication, Paint & coatings, Safety, Propulsion

OFFSHORE

Jobs : Operations, Refining

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS 

Jobs :Maritime authorities, Customs, Law of the sea, Hydrography, Navy, Administration

SERVICES

Jobs : Insurance, Law of the sea, Broker, Surveying, Certification & classification, Specialist stores

OCEANOGRAPHY

Jobs :Underwater, Surface, Coastal, Research

RECREATIONAL BOATING

Jobs :Rowing & Canoeing/kayak, Motor boating, Scuba diving, Water sports, Sailing

CRUISES

Jobs :Administration, Bar, Casino, Medical centre, Entertainment, Hotel services, Maintenance, Crew, Catering, Lounge-Spa

This list has been compiled from the following marine career jobs website

http://www.clicandsea.co.uk/?gclid=CKW1-KuWi5YCFQ5PMAodeUzfFg

The Lloyds Register in london is a world famous ship management and insurance hub, this is their marine careers website.

http://marinecareers.lr.org/

Here is another example of a marine recruitment agency

http://www.faststream.co.uk/Marine/About_Marine

This is the web site for the Merchant Navy Training Board

http://www.mntb.org.uk/

I think I may need to create a separate "Training" wiki page

This section below can be used to paste web links to local and regional marine recruitment agencies and specific employers.

Give them a ring and ask what qualification you will need for the jobs which interest you.