Boat Builders and Shipwrights

Boat Builders and Shipwrights construct, fit out and repair boats and ships.

• 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