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Salmon farming in Iceland and education A R N A R L A X ® P R I V A T E A N D C O N F I D E N T I A L What is the need for competence within the salmon farming industry in the years to come?

From an Arnarlax perspective Access to sufficient competence is a common challenge for everyone in this room We expect an significant growth in the salmon farming industry in the years to come, a doubling in a few years.
 More smolts produced  More sea sites operated  More harvesting capacity  More Value Added Production (VAP)  More sales  More administration  More application to the authorities  More decisions made by politicians  ETC S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y – I T ’ S I N O U R N A T U R E 3 What is the need for competence within the salmon farming industry in the years to come?
From an Arnarlax perspective What is important to achieve, for the industry, by building competence:  Get access to new employees with sufficient competence  Optimizing our operations, by access to competent employees  More stability in staff by recruiting from domestic market  Have sufficient competence, so the industry can grow and develop.

 Get well evaluated decisions in the authorities and by the politicians.
S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y – I T ’ S I N O U R N A T U R E 4 What is the need for competence within the salmon farming industry in the years to come?

From an Arnarlax perspective We need competent people!

How is it solved to day in Arnarlax:  Recruited as much domestic competence as possible.

Best alternative for long term solutions  Recruited competence from abroad for specific competence.
— We have 9 employees (from 6 different nations) from abroad with specific higher education/competence need to do specific jobs  Trainee recruitment program for newly educated and clever people with relevant education.
 Started vocational school for our employees on seawater and freshwater, in cooperation with Fisktækniskólinn  Support employees that want further education financially, and adapt practically to make it possible  Build competence for all employees trough our Arnarlax Academy S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y – I T ’ S I N O U R N A T U R E 5 What is the need for competence within the salmon farming industry in the years to come?
From an Arnarlax perspective What are the most important action point for Iceland going forward, from a competence point of view:  Get an official Curriculum for vocational education approved by the Ministry of Education.
— Future goal should be to split seawater education and smolt/land based education  Strengthen the Aquaculture part in higher educations — bachelor and master level  Strengthen the relationship between higher education and the industry  Strengthen the relationship between research done at universities and the industry.

— More industry relevant research, in addition to basic research.
 We, as an industry, need to reach out to students in 8th to 10th grade to inform about the possibilities in the industry that now represents over 5% of the export revenues on Iceland.

S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y – I T ’ S I N O U R N A T U R E 6 THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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