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Duties and Tasks
Shipwrights may perform the following tasks: - prepare preliminary sketches of structural parts and sections of vessels
- produce templates and patterns from full-size detail drawings
- fit out internal and external components of vessels
- position sections accurately prior to permanent fastening by boilermakers or welders
- prepare slipways and construct cradles used to support ships during construction, transportation, launching and slipping
- supervise launching and slipping procedures
- carry out repairs.
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