Newcomers in the Marine Industry
Where Recognition Matters
You deserve a job that is meaningful, maybe even familiar. Arriving to a new place can be difficult to navigate and providing for your family is essential in making a life in your new home. The marine industry knows this and is ready to make those career connections possible. Listed below are opportunities for you to thrive and not just survive.
Career & Training Opportunities
BC Institute of Technology
If you already a background in the trades or the marine industry, BCIT provides assessments for your skills and experience, while providing means to upgrade requirements necessary to work in BC.
https://www.bcit.ca/about/visit/campuses-directions/marine/Welcome BC
Career paths for your skillsets can be made today. Immigrant, international student, or newly landed permanent resident, the opportunities are many.
https://www.welcomebc.ca/Work-in-B-C/Career-Paths-for-Skilled-ImmigrantsImmigration Services Society of BC (ISS of BC)
Professional experience doesn’t deserve to be wasted. Recognition matters. Gain Canadian work experience, be connected to training and pathways to achieve your marine industry career.
https://issbc.org/service-types/career-paths-for-skilled-immigrantsFacilitating Access to Skilled Talent (FAST)
Through occupation-specific workplace and technical competency assessments, FAST helps immigrants and employers understand how skills can meet marine industry needs with your culture and training in mind.
https://fastbc.org/Federal Skilled Worker Program
Not yet living in Canada? No problem. If you have a background in the Marine Industry, then you might qualify under the Federal Skilled Worker Program immigration stream.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/eligibility/federal-skilled-workers.htmlDid you know?
The West Coast of Canada hosts the world largest shipping routes and partners with global leaders of trade. Vancouver is one of Canada’s largest ports and the most diverse port in North America. Marine Industry growth in Asia and South America is increasing demand for marine industry work in BC (KPMG, 2020).