marine fitter

Code 7233.9

Marine fitters work primarily in fabrication, subassembly, assembly and final assembly of all structural components on commercial and naval vessels, to include but not limited to hulls, superstructures, masts, pilot house, and engine rooms.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • manufacturing processes
  • pollution prevention
  • marine technology
  • metal forming technologies
  • metal joining technologies
  • types of metal

Skills and competences

  • cut metal products
  • use technical documentation
  • fabricate metal parts
  • inspect quality of products
  • read engineering drawings
  • read standard blueprints
  • operate metal fabricating machines
  • manipulate metal
  • measure parts of manufactured products
  • tend lathe
  • operate material handling equipment
  • operate drill press
  • troubleshoot
  • comply with operational standards for vessels
  • work as a team in a hazardous environment
  • fasten components
  • use caulking tools

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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