Wood caulker

Also searched as: Calafateador

Code 9329.2

What does a Wood caulker do?

Wood caulkers drive oakum into the seams between planking in deck or hull of wooden ships to make them watertight. They mainly use hand tools to heat marine glue and force it into the seams. They can also hammer hemp ropes and cotton lines into the seams and smear hot pitch over them.

Working on a Wood caulker role?

Use this profile as a starting point. Align responsibilities and assessment criteria with your team's actual needs.

The app link opens registration. You can create your role after signing in.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • traditional wood caulking materials
  • wood caulking processes
  • types of wood

Skills and competences

  • apply health and safety standards
  • calculate materials to build equipment
  • ensure integrity of hull
  • ensure vessel compliance with regulations
  • clean equipment
  • handle chemicals
  • wear appropriate protective gear

Download the role profile

We'll send you a profile ready to paste into your job ad: purpose, essential and optional skills, and what to assess. One email, no signup.

What to assess for this role

Technical knowledge can be verified with tests and references. What never shows up on a CV are the transversal competences, and they explain most failed hires. Before closing, it pays to measure them with a standardised battery.

See psychometric assessment

Similar roles

Other roles in the same group, useful when the one you need is not an exact fit.

Need to find this profile?

We source, screen and assess candidates for this kind of role, with a replacement guarantee. Fast process and a flat fee per role, no percentage of the salary.

In Obrii App the profile becomes a job descriptor, a CV screener and an interview scorecard.

Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences