The aim of this study is to clarify the role of community education in people’s vocational life through a practice in which community education has played a significant role in resolving local problems in connection with the industry of remote island regions.

In recent years, the fishing industry has declined rapidly due to the destruction of the ocean ecosystem. Transformation of the industrial structure is considered to be necessary as a development strategy for the development of the economy. Fishermen, who have lost their means of living, have to learn new skills to change their jobs.

Through a case study in Zhoushan City, this study has examined the practice conducted by a community school, which has engaged in offering vocational training on the skills matching new industries, to support the fishermen to change their way of life. It was revealed that community education has taken a significant role in supporting the people who are at very high risk of falling into unemployed or poverty, in following its historic character of adult education. Under the tendency that civil education has become a more and more popular part of community education, it is necessary to reconsider the essence of community education in relation to the role of labor.