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Career Details :: Boat Builders and Shipwrights
Description
Construct and repair ships or boats, according to blueprints.
Experience
A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Education
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Training
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Tasks
- Measures and marks dimensional lines on lumber, following template and using scriber.
- Inspects boat to determine location and extent of defect.
- Constructs and shapes wooden frames, structures, and other parts according to blueprint specifications, using hand tools, power tools, and measuring instruments.
- Smoothes and finishes ship surfaces, using power sander, broadax, adz, and paint, and waxes and buffs surface to specified finish.
- Attaches metal parts, such as fittings, plates, and bulkheads, to ship, using brace and bits, augers, and wrenches.
- Establishes dimensional reference points on layout and hull to make template of parts and locate machinery and equipment.
- Positions and secures support structures on construction area.
- Attaches hoist to sections of hull and directs hoist operator to align parts over blocks, according to layout of boat.
- Marks outline of boat on building dock, shipway, or mold loft according to blueprint specifications, using measuring instruments and crayon.
- Cuts out defect, using power tools and hand tools, and fits and secures replacement part, using caulking gun, adhesive, or hand tools.
- Assembles and installs hull timbers and other structures in ship, using adhesive, measuring instruments, and hand tools or power tools.
- Consults with customer or supervisor and reads blueprint to determine necessary repairs.
- Cuts and forms parts, such as keel, ribs, sidings, and support structures and blocks, using woodworking hand tools and power tools.
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- Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
- Drywall Installers
- Metal Fabricators, Structural Metal Products
- Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
- Rough Carpenters
- Ship Carpenters and Joiners
- Stonemasons
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Performing General Physical Activities
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, Material
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Estimating Needed Characteristics
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Consequence of Error
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Standing
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