Deckhand
We’re looking for a personable, hard-working & confident deckhand for our passenger vessels, helping to provide vital boating services between the islands for residents and visitors.
Department: Tresco Boat Services
Reporting to: Head Skipper
Salary: From £12.75 per hour, dependent on experience
Hours: 40-48 hours, with 2 days off per week
Contract Length: Seasonal, March - October (dates can be flexible)
The Role
As part of our boats team, you will be responsible for assisting passengers on and off vessels in a safe and controlled manner, as well as loading and unloading luggage multiple times a day.
You will be happy in a customer-facing role, selling tickets, collecting fares, and handling money.
Attention to detail will be required, with adherence to all relevant Health and Safety regulations, as well as maintaining a clean and tidy vessel for passengers.
Our Ideal Candidate
- Confident and able to give clear instructions
- Able to work under pressure
- Happy to work outdoors and in all weather
- Ability to lift luggage weighing up to 20kg
- Have good communication, customer service and interpersonal skills
- Willing to undertake a DBS check
- Able to work with honesty and integrity
- Willing to work a rota pattern which in summer includes early starts, late finishes & weekends
- Maintain and clean and tidy appearance
Working and Living Here
If the opportunity to live and work on a subtropical island isn't enough, there's a range of great benefits and perks, including:
- On-island accommodation, minutes from the beach
- Paid relocation to the island at the start of your time with us
- Competitive pay
- 20% off in our restaurants, pub, spa and shops
- Free scheduled boating and camping kit hire, and discounted watersports equipment hire, to help you explore
- And many more...
In order to process any application, we require confirmation you are eligible to work in the UK. Unfortunately, if you are not, we are unable to help with the necessary paperwork to assist with this.
About Tresco Island
At the heart of the Isles of Scilly archipelago, 28 miles from the Cornish coast, Tresco Island is a family‐run business comprising the whole island of Tresco and the Hell Bay Hotel on the neighbouring island of Bryher.
With timeshare and rental cottages, a 16-bedroom inn, two restaurants, a world-famous garden, a spa, an art gallery, a shop and a working farm, Tresco is a subtropical island known for its deserted bays, aquamarine seas and exceptional guest experiences.
Just across the water on the neighbouring island of Bryher, Hell Bay Hotel stands as Scilly’s highest-rated hotel and restaurant. Our boutique hotel offers 25 suites, a 3AA Rosette restaurant, a Crab Shack and wellness facilities - a haven of calm amidst the wild seascape of Bryher's west coast.
