shipwright
Shipwrights build and repair small type of water vessels from pleasure craft to naval vessels. They prepare preliminary sketches and create templates. They use hand and power tools to construct smaller boat themselves or supervise a team of shipbuilders. They also construct cradles and slipways for the ship’s construction, transportation, launching and slipping. Depending on the vessels, they might work with different materials such as metal, wood, fibreglass, aluminium etc.
Also called: naval vessel shipwright, shipfitter, boatbuilder, ship repair engineer, boatfitter, submarine shipwright, ship fitter, boat builder
- 17
- essential skills
- 56
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
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Essential skills
17- adjust engineering designs
- align components
- apply health and safety standards
- design drawings
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- ensure vessel compliance with regulations
- fasten components
- liaise with engineers
- mechanics
- mechanics of vessels
- prepare pieces for joining
- read engineering drawings
- read standard blueprints
- use caulking tools
- use power tools
- wear appropriate protective gear
Optional skills
56- 3D modelling
- 3D printing process
- apply preliminary treatment to workpieces
- assemble mechatronic units
- assemble sensors
- automation technology
- CAD software
- CAE software
- construct moulds
- control engineering
- cut metal products
- cutting technologies
- defense system
- design prototypes
- determine suitability of materials
- fibreglass laminating
- ICT software specifications
- industrial paint
- install automation components
- install mechatronic equipment
- lead a team
- maintain robotic equipment
- maintenance of printing machines
- maintenance operations
- manipulate wood
- material mechanics
- mechatronics
- metal forming technologies
- operate 3D computer graphics software
- operate drilling equipment
- operate handheld riveting equipment
- operate lifting equipment
- operate precision measuring equipment
- operate printing machinery
- operate welding equipment
- physical parts of the vessel
- printing materials
- printing on large scale machines
- printing techniques
- program a CNC controller
- rivet types
- robotic components
- robotics
- sand wood
- sanding techniques
- sensors
- set up automotive robot
- tend riveting machine
- test mechatronic units
- test sensors
- types of maritime vessels
- types of metal
- types of wood
- use CAD software
- use painting equipment
- use technical drawing software
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