Boat Builders and Repairers

Boat Builder and Repairers build, repair and modify boats.

What the job involves

• Studies plans and specifications, and prepares templates and scale plans for fabrication and cutting of hull sections

• Marks reference points and lines on dry docks and slipways

• Checks position and functioning of slipway apparatus

• Assembles shells of boats and erecting hull sections of ship

• Erects and prepares launching platforms, conducting pre-launch tests and supervising launching procedures

• Installs masts, frames, decking, fittings, machines, shafts and safety equipment

• Builds and installs structures such as cabins, machine mountings, propeller supports and rudders

• Determines 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