Onshore Approved Training Providers — Seafish
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Onshore Approved Training Providers

At Seafish we work in partnership with individuals to ensure that the onshore seafood industry has access to high quality and cost-effective training.

Providers of Seafish training courses
Our network of expert independent approved training providers deliver a range of Seafish approved training courses, either remotely via Zoom or Microsoft Teams or in person. To book a training course, you need to contact an approved training provider. Their contact details along with further information can be accessed below. Scroll down or click on the topic you’re interested in and a list from the jump links and that will take you to a list of training providers with their contact details.

Online training invigilated examinations
Some of our training courses follow an open learning programme or can be studied online. Examples include online food hygiene and online health and safety. Following completion of an open learning or online course, please email our onshore Training team to book an invigilated exam. We will put you in touch with one of our approved exam invigilators.

Food Allergens Management

Liz Soutar, Liz Soutar Training
Location: Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway - can deliver training in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Southern Scotland and Cumbria 
Contact details: lizsoutartraining@outlook.com, 07860 601 299       

This course is delivered in conjunction with Jean Meikle (see below).

Food Hygiene

Jean Meikle, Independent Trainer
Location: Scotland, Aberdeenshire – can deliver training in northern Scotland
Contact details: jean.meikle01@outlook.com, 07788 498344
Levels offered: Introductory, Elementary, Intermediate (by eLearning)                                                                                                              

Martin Syvret, Southern Shellfish Training Centre
Location: England, South West (Devon) - can deliver training in England and Wales 
Contact details: martin@aquafishsolutions.com, 07966 461 810   
Level offered: Introductory Food Hygiene  (for bivalve purification sector)                                       

Donna Maver, DM Training Consultants 
Location: Scotland, Aberdeenshire - can deliver training through Scotland and the Isles
Contact details: donna@dmtraining.org, 01224 784 461  
Level offered: Introductory, Elementary

Liz Soutar, Liz Soutar Training
Location: Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway - can deliver training in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Southern Scotland and Cumbria 
Contact details: lizsoutartraining@outlook.com, 07860 601 299
Level offered: Introductory, Elementary

Michael Sim, MAS Food Consultancy Ltd    
Location: Scotland, North East
Contact details: michael.sim@live.co.uk, 07813 708 487
Level offered: Introductory, Elementary, Intermediate (by eLearning)                                          

Hugh Mantle, Independent Trainer but also works with National Federation of Fish Friers 
Location: England, North Yorkshire    
Contact details: hughmantle@hotmail.co.uk, 01423 872 455 / 07831 577 296
Level offered: Introductory, Elementary                                            

Peter Kearney, Independent Trainer
Location: Wales - can deliver training throughout Wales and England
Contact details: peterk126@sky.com, 07752 248 292
Level offered: Introductory, Elementary                              

Ursula Hartland, Independent Trainer
Location: Wales / England
Contact details: suhartland@sky.com, 07752 249 808
Level offered: Introductory, Elementary              

NB: Elementary Food Hygiene is available as a free online training programme from Seafish in English, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese or Welsh.

Company specific approved training providers

Brian Artingstoll is approved to deliver Introductory and Elementary Food Hygiene training courses to staff at Thistle Seafoods.   

Several other seafood employers are approved to deliver in-house training and exams using our free online programme.       

HACCP

Jean Meikle, Independent Trainer
Location: Scotland, Aberdeenshire – can deliver training in northern Scotland
Contact details: jean.meikle01@outlook.com, 07788 498344
Levels offered: Introductory HACCP, Elementary HACCP

Liz Soutar, Liz Soutar Training
Location: Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway - can deliver training in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Southern Scotland and Cumbria
Contact details: lizsoutartraining@outlook.com, 07860 601 299
Level offered: Introductory HACCP, Elementary HACCP

Donna Maver, DM Training Consultants
Location: Scotland, Aberdeenshire - can deliver training through Scotland and the Isles
Contact details: donna@dmtraining.org, 01224 784 461 
Level offered: Introductory HACCP, Elementary HACCP

Michael Sim, MAS Food Consultancy Ltd
Location: Scotland, North East
Contact details: michael.sim@live.co.uk, 07813 708 487
Level offered: Introductory HACCP, Elementary HACCP

Peter Kearney, Independent Trainer
Location: Wales - can deliver training throughout Wales and England
Contact details: peterk126@sky.com, 07752 248 292
Level offered: Introductory HACCP         

Ursula Hartland, Independent Trainer
Location: Wales / England
Contact details: suhartland@sky.com, 07752 249 808
Level offered: Introductory HACCP         

NB: Elementary HACCP is available as a subsidised online training programme from Seafish.

Company specific approved training providers

Brian Artingstoll is approved to deliver Introductory and Elementary HACCP training courses to staff at Thistle Seafoods. 

Health and Safety                 

Ursula Hartland , Independent Trainer
Location: Wales / England
Contact details: suhartland@sky.com, 07752 249 808
Level offered: Introductory, Elementary

NB: Elementary Health and Safety is available as a free online training programme from Seafish in English.

Company specific approved training providers

Brian Artingstoll is approved to deliver Introductory and Elementary Health & Safety training courses to staff at Thistle Seafoods. 

Bivalve Purification

Martin Syvret, Southern Shellfish Training Centre
Location: England, South West (Devon) - can deliver training in England and Wales
Contact details: martin@aquafishsolutions.com, 07966 461 810
Level offered: Bivalve Purification Operations and Bivalve Purification Management (remotely delivered one-day training programmes)

Andy MacLeod, Food Standards Company
Location: Scotland, Oban - can deliver training throughout the UK
Contact details: andy.macleod@runbox.com, 07540 356 419
Level offered: Bivalve Shellfish Hygiene Verification (for EHOs and other inspectors/auditors). This is a remotely delivered two-day training programme.

Fishmongering, Fish Filleting and Knife Skills

Ivan Jaines-White, Independent Trainer
Location: England, (NE Lincolnshire)
Contact details: ivan.jaines-white@outlook.com, 07788 598 661

Paul Neve, Independent Trainer              
Location: England (Yorkshire)
Contact details: neve@samak.karoo.co.uk, 01482 633 639

Peter Kearney, Independent Trainer
Location: North Wales 
Contact details: peterk126@sky.com, 07752 248 292

Ursula Hartland, Independent Trainer
Location: North Wales
Contact details: suhartland@sky.com, 07752 249 808

Terry Martin, Independent Trainer
Location: England, Hampshire
Contact details: terrysinbox@icloud.com, 07979 705 010

Hal Dawson, Independent Trainer
Location: Northern Ireland
Contact details: hal.dawson@btinternet.com, 07771 815 589

Fish Frying

National Federation of Fish Friers
Location: England, Leeds
Contact details: training@nfff.co.uk or helen@nfff.co.uk , 0113 320 8276

KFE School of Frying Excellence
Location: Lincolnshire, England
Contact details: tanya.henderson@kfeltd.co.uk or sarah.mcloughlin@kfeltd.co.uk, 01778 380 448

Midlands Seafish Industry Training Association
Location: West Midlands, England
Contact details: mikepili@blueyonder.co.uk, 0121 308 0229 or 07836 662807
For general fish frying support and exam invigilation

Fish Quality Assessment

Adrian Barratt, Independent Trainer
Location: England, Surrey - can deliver training throughout the UK
Contact details: adrianbarratt@btinternet.com, 0208 391 0230
Level offered: Principles (remotely delivered), Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced

Paul Neve, Independent Trainer              
Location: England, Hull - can deliver training throughout Yorkshire, Humber and elsewhere in the UK
Contact details: neve@samak.karoo.co.uk, 01482 633 639
Level offered: Principles (remotely delivered), Introductory, Support for Intermediate and Advanced      

Food Authenticity and Integrity Verification

Andy MacLeod, Food Standards Company
Location: Scotland, Oban - can deliver training throughout the UK. This is a remotely delivered two-day training programme.
Contact details: andy.macleod@runbox.com, 07540 356 419

Seafood Smoking

Ivan Jaines-White, Independent Trainer
Location: England, Grimsby - can deliver training throughout the UK
Contact details: ivan.jaines-white@outlook.com, 07788 598 661
Level offered: Principles (remotely delivered training programme), Introductory, Advanced and inhouse coaching and consultancy.

Seafish microkilns are currently based at Food Centre Wales (Horeb), Food Technology Centre (Anglesey), NESCOL (Fraserburgh) and with AFOS in Hull.

Other seafood training providers

If you are looking for training that isn’t included on the list of Seafish courses above, please contact the Seafish Onshore Training team. 

Further info

Find out more about:
Onshore Training Courses
Onshore Training Partners
Apprenticeships

Contacts

Contact our Onshore Training team
E: onshore@seafish.co.uk
T: 01472 252 300

If you are a trainer interested in becoming approved to deliver our onshore courses contact
Lee Cooper, National Learning & Standards Manager:
E: Lee.Cooper@seafish.co.uk
T: 01482 486 482

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