WORKING IN NEW ZEALAND

Builds, repairs or modifies boats.

SKILL LEVEL:

The entry requirement for this occupation is an AQF Certificate III or higher qualification. Registration or licensing may be required.

TASKS INCLUDE:

• examines drawings and constructs templates from full-scale outlines
• scribes lines from templates and cuts and forms parts such as keels, stern posts, ribs and sidings
• assembles boat shells, fastens sidings or ribs to keels and covers with planking
• builds and installs structures such as cabins, machinery mountings, propeller supports and rudders
• installs decking, masts, booms and ladders
• determines repair requirements and procedures
• may make hull moulds and fabricate or repair vessels using materials such as aluminium, wood, glass reinforced plastics, carbon fibre, kevlar, fibreglass or concrete
• may order materials, prepare cost estimates and quotations