Sea Harvest: Internships, Apprenticeships, Graduate Programmes, Learnerships and Cadets (Cape Town, Western Cape) South Africa 2021 - 2022
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Applications are open throughout the year.
ABOUT THE COMPANY PROVIDING THE PROGRAMMES:
In Saldanha Bay, 1964, Pescanova, a Spanish-owned fishing company caught interest in a fishing village on South Africa's West Coast. Saldanha Bay is situated close to the cold Benguela current that has a perpetual supply of fish. This proved to be a fruitful fishing ecosystem, especially in WWII. Pescanova, along with other fishing bodies then formed Sea Harvest.
Sea Harvest's purpose is deep sea trawling of local Hake and packaging the fish into frozen products which can then be distributed locally and internationally. Owing to technological expertise, within the first year of opening, Sea Harvest had production that used high-end processing equipment and techniques. Sea Harvest was also was South Africa's biggest automatic refrigeration installation within their first 12 months of production.
In 2008, the South African consortium purchased Sea Harvest, lead by Brimstone Investments and Kagiso- a Cape-based empowerment company. This purchase made Sea Harvest South Africa's biggest empowerment company in the fish industry.
Today, Sea Harvest operates and owns 42 vessels, including a number of trawlers used to catch and process fish, most notably the Cape Hake. Sea Harvest still stayed true to their roots in Saldanha Bay and today they are the single largest employer to that municipality and it's surrounding areas.
Sea Harvest has been labelled as a national asset, contributing to half of commercial fisheries income in South Africa. Annually, they launch projects across all sectors to help in the preservation of the fishing habitat. They pride themselves conserving the environment, supporting the ecosystem all while strengthening their companies longevity.
DETAILS ABOUT THE PROGRAMMES:
Location: Cape Town, Western Cape
Sea Harvest offers a variety of employment opportunities in many areas, including: Engineering, Food Technology, Fleet and Trawling, Finance, New Product Development, Quality Assurance, Sales & Marketing and Technical.
Sea Harvest invite candidates to apply for these programmes at the company:
Graduates/ Internships: students who have recently graduate or those in their final year of study are invited to join the graduate programme which runs over the course of 12 months. The programme aims to equip graduates with practical working experience.
Cadets: Sea Harvest aims to help develop navigational and engineering cadets, who after completing the 4-year programme, may be permanently employed within the company.
Apprenticeships: candidates can apply for the programme if they are interested in working in any of these fields: Boiler-making/ Diesel-fitting/ Electrical/ Fitting/ Forklift mechanic/ Millwright/ Plumbing/ Refrigeration/ Rigging.
Learnerships: unemployed candidates with a matric certificate can apply for this programme, to gain on-the-job training and theoretical training.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO APPLY:
Before applying, please ensure that you meet ALL of the following minimum entry criteria – failure to satisfy all the requirements will result in your application being disqualified:
Graduates/ Internship:
- Must have completed a tertiary qualification or be in the final year of study towards a tertiary qualification
- Must be willing to take part in a 12 month programme
- Preference will be given to graduates who have studied in a field relating to the industry and based on available positions
Cadets:
- Must be interested in a navigational or engineering career path
- Must be willing to take part in a 4 year programme
Apprenticeship:
- Must be interested in a career in: Boiler-making/ Diesel-fitting/ Electrical/ Fitting/ Forklift mechanic/ Millwright/ Plumbing/ Refrigeration/ Rigging
Learnerships:
- Must have completed Matric (NSC)
- Must be unemployed
HOW TO APPLY FOR THE POSITIONS:
Applications must be submitted on the Sea Harvest Careers page
Scroll to the bottom of the page and selecte the position you would like to apply for (Graduate/ Internship, Cadet, Apprenticeship or Learnership).
Applicants will be required to submit a copy of their Full Curriculum Vitae, as well as state their area of interest, full name and email address.
Sea Harvest recruit individual in line with their Employment Equity strategy – the selection process is fair and consistent, considering all candidates equally who meet the programme requirements.
CONTACT THE PROGRAMME PROVIDER FOR QUERIES:
For any queries related to these programmes, please contact Sea Harvest directly:
Telephone number: 021 468 7900
Email address: info@seaharvest.co.za