Boat Builders and Shipwrights

Boat Builders and Shipwrights construct, fit out and repair boats and ships.

**Indicative skill level:**

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.

#### In Australia:

- AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, or AQF Certificate IV (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)

#### In New Zealand:

- NZQF Level 4 qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)

At least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.

Registration or licensing may be required.

**Tasks include:**

- studying plans and specifications, and preparing templates and scale plans for fabrication and cutting of hull sections - marking reference points and lines on dry docks and slipways - checking position and functioning of slipway apparatus - assembling shells of boats and erecting hull sections of ship - erecting and preparing launching platforms, conducting pre-launch tests and supervising launching procedures - installing masts, frames, decking, fittings, machines, shafts and safety equipment - building and installing structures such as cabins, machine mountings, propeller supports and rudders - determining 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