WORK PROCESS SCHEDULE
SHIPFITTER (Ship & Boat)
O*NET/SOC CODE: 51-4192.00 RAPIDS CODE: 0513
DESCRIPTION: Lays out and fabricates metal structural parts, such as plates, bulkheads, and frames, and braces them in position within hull of ship for riveting or welding: Lays out position of parts on metal, working from blueprints or templates and using scribe and handtools. Locates and marks reference lines, such as center, buttock, and frame lines. Positions parts in hull of ship. Aligns parts in relation to each other, using jacks, turnbuckles, clips, wedges, and mauls. Marks location of holes to be drilled and installs temporary fasteners to hold part in place for welding or riveting. Installs packing, gaskets, liners, and structural accessories and members, such as doors, hatches, brackets, and clips. May prepare molds and templates for fabrication of nonstandard parts. May tack weld clips and brackets in place prior to permanent welding. May roll, bend, flange, cut, and shape plates, beams, and other heavy metal parts, using shop machinery, such as plate rolls, presses, bending brakes, and joggle machines.
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING:
APPROXIMATE HOURS
A. Fabrication
1500
1. Operate shears
2. Rolls
3. Punch, drill press
4. Keel bender
5. Flanging machine
6. Counter sinkers
7. Joggling
8. Knuckling
9. Beveling
10. Acetylene burning
11. Laying out from pattern
12. Marking symbols
B. Sub-Assembly
1500
1. Laying out from blueprints, sketches and templates
2. Checking and fitting material
3. Tacking and welding
4. Bolting, reaming, countersinking and riveting
5. Final cutting from plans for templates
6. Chipping and caulking
C. Erection
1500
1. Laying out on ship from blueprints, sketches or templates
2. Lining-up and placing assembly on ship
3. Tacking and welding
4. Bolting, reaming, countersinking and riveting
5. Installing, frames, beams, stiffeners, etc.
6. Installing shell plates, decks, bulkheads, etc.
7. Tank testing
8. Leveling and lining up work when vessel is afloat
D. Outfitting
1500
1. Installing machinery, furniture, life-saving equipment,
other equipment
E. Lofting
2000
1. Laying out from blueprints sketches and templates
2. Developing plates
3. Developing shapes
4. Spacing rivets
5. Marking symbols
6. Lifting templates and patterns
7. Laying out water lines and buttock lines
8. Making final-cut templates
TOTAL HOURS
8000
