News & Events

The Company of Watermen & Lightermen and the Thames Skills Academy are working together to help with training during the Corona pandemic.

A new boost to help small and medium sized businesses recruit apprentices for the TSA's Boatmaster Apprenticeship has been announced by the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights.

The TSA supports Maritime UK as it launches its diversity in maritime programme.

Welcome to the Thames Skills Academy's February Newsletter. Here you will find a round-up of some of the events and training that the TSA has been involved with and details about what is coming up including information about our new apprenticeship.

The Thames Skills Academy, which promotes the inland waterways sector, and in particular the tidal Thames and other London inland waterways, is helping to boost online maritime courses during the Coronavirus lockdown.

We are pleased to announce that, by working closely with  one of our training delivery partners, South Essex College, the TSA has secured availability of a considerable number of short nationally accredited courses for Thames employers.  All of the courses are free*.

In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak the Thames Skills Academy has closed its office for the time being but remains open for business. 

Last month TSA apprentices visited London Fire Brigade's river operation in a bid to understand more about what firefighters do to keep people safe on the Thames.

The TSA was at the National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships again this year to tell people about the huge range of careers on the Thames.

This month's Maritime Engineering Apprenticeship Open Day was hailed as a great success.

Look Beyond is the theme for the next National Apprenticeships Week which starts today.

The Thames Skills Academy (TSA) is delighted to announce the launch of a brand new Government-funded apprenticeship to train skippers across the UK.

The Thames Skills Academy has launched a new group to encourage more women to look for careers on the river and to support those who are already working on the water.

This year’s #Careers OnTheThames event was bigger and better than ever with around 150 people boarding Thames Luxury Charter’s Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen to take part in the Thames Skills Academy’s (TSA) annual floating careers fair.

The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, took time to visit the Thames Skills Academy stall at a careers event which was part of the London International Shipping Week.

The Thames Skills Academy has teamed up with the London Regatta as a sponsor and is also offering a special deal of four places for the price of two on its Riverside Personal Safety Courses.

#CareersOnTheThames was organised for Careers Advisers and Teachers providing an opportunity to see first hand the river of opportunities of highly skilled, well paid careers on the doorstep of young people in London.

London First will be recognising major achievements and achievers from the past year in the infrastructure sector who have supported their mission to make London the best city in the world to do business.

On 8 March 2018 the TSA held its annual National Apprenticeship Week Event to inspire Londoners to explore the opportunities in pursuing a working life on the river.  Potential apprentices were invited along to learn about careers on the River Thames.

Careers at Sea launches an online recruitment campaign aimed at Millennials.

The Thames Skills Academy (TSA) has announced the appointment of Dr Katherine Riggs as Chief Executive Officer. 

The group is the first to embark on TSA-managed apprenticeships and includes young people employed by river operators including Livett’s Group, City Cruises, MBNA Thames Clippers, Cory Riverside Energy, the Port of London Authority (PLA) and Thames Shipping.

Having worked with great commitment and persistence over the last two years to get the TSA to this position, and after 27years being involved in the management of marine safety and training on the tidal Thames, Julian Parkes has concluded that this is the right time to begin a new phase of his career.

The Thames Skills Academy (TSA) is a group training association that was set up last year to support marine-based employers on the tidal Thames. We caught up with its chief executive, Julian Parkes to find out more about the organisation...

The Thames Skills Academy attended the Seawork Event in Southampton between 13-15 June where we met new training providers and we able to engage with potential new members.

We welcome Red 7 Marine as a new Employer Member at the Thames Skills Academy!

The TSA are funding the River Awareness Course which are running on; 26 September; 31 October and 28 November.

Shipping Minister John Hayes CBE MP, marked National Apprenticeship Week by joining the Thames Skills Academy’s (TSA) first event of the year ‘Navigating a Career on the River Thames’ day at Trinity House today (Tuesday, 7 March 2017).

The Thames Skills Academy (TSA) has appointed five employer representatives to its board.

Click here to see our first TSA newsletter containing updates of our achievements to date, changes within the TSA and more. We hope that you enjoy reading it!

Marine training on the River Thames is to receive a major boost with the launch of a new skills organisation that will support crew training and development on the UK’s busiest waterway.