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Boat and ship builders and repairers construct, install and repair wooden structures and fittings, and shape, position, rivet and seal metal plates and girders to form the metal structures and frameworks for marine craft.
Common tasks in this job:
- examines drawings and specifications to determine job requirements
uses rules, scribes and punches to mark out metal plate with guidelines and reference points and cuts plates using appropriate tools
uses machine tools to bend, curve, punch, drill and straighten metal plate as required and positions and aligns metal platework or frame for welding and bolting
rivets together metal plates and girders, seals seams, smooths welds, fixes metal doors, collars, portholes, tank and hatch covers
selects and measures appropriate wood and cuts, shapes and drills to specification using saws, planes, chisels and other power or hand tools
aligns and fixes prepared wood pieces by screwing, nailing, gluing and dowelling to form decking, small wooden marine craft and their interiors and fittings
maintains and repairs woodwork and fittings
What qualifications do I need?
Entrants typically possess GCSEs/S grades. Training is usually via apprenticeship including practical experience and technical training. Apprenticeships and vocational qualifications in boat building and relevant aspects of engineering and construction are available at Levels 2 and 3.