Shipwright
Core
Fabricating, welding, and assembling hull sections and ship parts for Defence and Commercial Marine projects.
Role type
Shipwright (tradesman)
Builds
Hull sections, ship parts, and vessels for Defence and Commercial Marine assets
Domain
Defence and Commercial Marine
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
welding, reading technical plans and specifications, fabricating hull sections, assembling boat shells, working with carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminium, wood, glass, reinforced plastics, carbon fibre, Kevlar, fibreglass, and concrete
Preferred skills
making hull moulds
Responsibilities
preparing templates and scale plans for fabrication and cutting of hull sections, welding centre bulkheads, frames, brackets, longitudinal central bulkheads, and rope reels, performing welding on carbon steel pipes, stainless steel plates, and high-pressure pipes, assembling shells of boats and erecting hull sections
Seniority
Mid-level tradesman (2-4 years experience)