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Shipfitter 1st Class

Essential Roles and Responsibilities for Shipfitter 1st Class: Repairs, modifies, installs, and dismantles various shipboard hulls, bulkheads, or decks. Designs and fabricates fixtures and jigs Reports directly to the Assistant Foreman/Supervisor/Production Lead Understands and follows PPE Policy Lays out material utilizing drawings and blueprints prior to performing cutting/fitting operations Maintains good housekeeping practices, turning off machines when not in use, disposing of waste properly, sweeping the area, etc. Ensures all tools listed on the “Required Tools List” are available for use within 2 weeks of employment Ensures that all requirements of the Quality Assurance Manual are followed when invoked by QA Workbook, Work Package (WP), Work Instructions (WI) and/or other guidance given by management Identifies and notifies Supervisor of unsatisfactory conditions during the production operation Reads and understands complex terminology, blueprints, drawings, and schematics to plan installation Fabricates and installs fixtures, jigs, supports, and targets to close tolerances ensuring finish requirements of the drawings are are achieved Determines fit-up requirements for a wide range of structural components in accordance with applicable technical drawings, manuals, and instructions Determines size and material requirements Ensures control and assumes responsibility for Contractor (CFM) and Government (GFM) furnished materials Ability to use lay-out tools such as tool scales, squares, combination squares, trammel points Understands fitting of structural components using dogs, wedges, strong-backs, etc. Strict adherence to safety, quality standards, good housekeeping habits, high level of critical thinking/reading Possesses basic computer skills Travel and overtime are required Will provide mentoring to junior craftsman Work outside specific trade skill as required Qualifications: Work Experience: Minimum 5+ years of Shipfitter experience, or graduation from accredited Apprenticeship Program or Journeyman Certificate accepted in lieu of work experience. Understands and performs the setup, and operation of various portable tools and hand tools used in the trade including plasma cutting machines and oxy/fuel Has advanced knowledge of the following: shipboard plate (hull, deck, bulkhead) systems (repair/installation practices, procedures, alignments, and material requirements), blueprint reading and interpretation, MILSPEC requirements Must be able to fit structural components to tolerance requirements Must have Tack and Fillet Weld qualifications (FCAW/SMAW) Must have the ability to gain access to military bases and various government facilities

Category: Structural Fitter

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NOTE: The following description is a GENERAL Overview of this career and not a description of a particular job posting.

Structural Fitter will layout and fabricate metal structural parts such as plates, bulkheads, and frames within the hull of a vessel for riveting or welding. Structural Fitter use such tools as shears, punches, drill presses, bending rolls, bending slabs, furnaces, saws, and metal presses up to 750 tons. Also, Structural Fitter will need to be proficient in the use of Oxygen Acetylene cutting procedures and have the ability to tack weld. Typical layout work will consist of preparing plates for shearing, planning and bench planning, angles for punching and shearing, making collars, brackets for installation, furnaced plate, airports and manholes. Typical installation tasks will be deck ladders, fittings for riggings, mooring equipment ventilating equipment, oil-tight hatches, dry cargo hatches and braces, king posts and masts, engine room floor plates, engine room grating, shell castings, stern frames, anchor handling, and stem casting. Fabrication assignments may consists of plumbing a transverse bulkhead, lifting a shell frame from a vessel, construction of and/or duplicating structural parts. The Structural Fitter is familiar with such equipment as hydraulic jacks and pumps, steamboat ratchets, strongbacks, yokes, dogs and wedges, pneumatic tools and chalk lines.
Education
Most Structural Fitter careers require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, and/or an associate's degree. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
Qualifications
Previous work-related skill, knowledge, and/or experience is required for these occupations, particularly in the use of career-related tools and work in a marine setting.