A vital part of the Boating Industry is the manufacture of the many different components that are used on and around boats, such as engine parts, anchors, propellers, winches, ropes, rigging, navigation lights and electronics.

You could work for one of the many thriving companies that supply these parts and develop skills in plastics, metals or electronics. Specialise in making a growing number of marine components and you could develop a great career path, and perhaps even invent a new product altogether.

Although the marine environment presents particular challenges, such as corrosion of metals and the abrasiveness of the weather, the diverse skill sets you develop in marine component manufacturing are still transferable into many other industries, like automotive, aerospace or general manufacturing.