Boat Builders and Shipwrights

Key Tasks

• •Studying plans and specifications, and preparing templates and scale plans for fabrication and cutting of hull sections
• •Marking reference points and lines on dry docks and slipways
• •Checking position and functioning of slipway apparatus
• •Assembling shells of boats and erecting hull sections of ship
• •Erecting and preparing launching platforms, conducting pre-launch tests and supervising launching procedures
• •Installing masts, frames, decking, fittings, machines, shafts and safety equipment
• •Building and installing structures such as cabins, machine mountings, propeller supports and rudders
• •Determining repair requirements and procedures
• •May make hull moulds and fabricate and repair vessels using materials such as aluminium, wood, glass, reinforced plastics, carbon fibre, kevlar, fibreglass and concrete

Employment Projections to 2035