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Marine Wildlife Guide Experience

Working in collaboration with Brittany Ferries and DFDS Seaways ORCA is proud to be able to offer Marine Wildlife Guide Experiences across the summer on routes in the North East Atlantic (including Bay of Biscay) and the North Sea.  This four week residential course (at sea) provides a fantastic opportunity for passionate, outgoing, people with an interest in marine conservation to work alongside our Wildlife Officers; supporting them carry out vital research and monitoring in the understudied offshore marine environment and promoting wildlife watching and conservation through educational activities to passengers.

Supervised by our trained Wildlife Officers attendees can expect to be fully immersed in the day to day timetable of activities on board and after four weeks can expect to have gained:

Boat based Marine Wildlife Guiding experience

Marine mammal identification and offshore survey experience

Hands on marine environmental education training (formal and informal)

Customer service skills development (including presentation skills to often large audiences)

Experience living and working as a member of the crew on a commercial offshore vessel

Vital workplace experience for a career in marine conservation/education

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