Seafood processing leadership training offered

August 27, 2015

Photo courtesy KSMSC. Students receive technical training at Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center.

Registration is open through Sept. 30 for the 5th Alaska Seafood Processing Leadership Institute.

The institute provides the technical training, leadership and management skills needed to understand and succeed in the seafood industry.

Alaska Sea Grant's Marine Advisory Program, part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the University of Alaska's Technical Vocational Education Program sponsor the institute.

The institute offers an intensive 80 hours of professional development in two separate sessions. The sessions are designed for mid-level managers in a seafood plant, such as assistant plant managers, production managers, quality control supervisors, seafood engineers, human resource managers and administrative personnel identified by their employer as having leadership potential. Other individuals who might want to participate include direct marketers or small seafood processors.

More than 50 Alaska seafood-processing leaders from 21 companies have attended the past five institutes.

The course will begin with technical training in Kodiak, Nov. 9-13, 2015. Leadership training will follow in Anchorage, Feb. 29-March 4, 2016. Registrants can also choose to attend Seafood Expo North America in Boston, March 6-8, 2016.

For more information, see http://seagrant.uaf.edu/map/aspli.

CONTACTS: Quentin Fong, 907-486-1516, qsfong@alaska.edu and Chris Sannito, 907-486-1535, csannito@alaska.edu.