Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a shipwright can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a shipwright already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

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 known as shipfitter, ship fitter, ship repair engineer, ship construction worker, boat builder, boat repair engineer, boatbuilder, ship builder, naval engineer/shipwright, submarine shipwright, boat fitter, naval vessel shipwright.

Craft and related trades workers 73 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: 3D printing technician, 60%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
3D printing technician 60% covered boat rigger 55% covered aircraft de-icer installer 51% covered aircraft assembler 48% covered automation engineering techni… 48% covered shipwright You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from shipwright, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a shipwright already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A shipwright needs 17 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • use caulking tools handling and moving
  • prepare pieces for joining handling and moving
  • ensure vessel compliance with regulations assisting and caring
  • mechanics of vessels engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • use power tools handling and moving
  • align components handling and moving
  • fasten components handling and moving
  • design drawings engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • liaise with engineers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • read engineering drawings information skills
Index

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Shipwright is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a shipwright’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.