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Shipwright

Latest available data: June 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Boat builder Boat construction worker Boat fitter Boat repair engineer Boat repairer Boatbuilder Boatfitter Naval engineer/shipwright Naval vessel shipwright Ship builder Ship construction worker Ship fitter Ship repair engineer Ship repairer Shipbuilder Shipfitter Shipwright Submarine shipwright

Shipwrights build and repair small type of water vessels from pleasure craft to naval vessels. They prepare preliminary sketches and create templates. They use hand and power tools to construct smaller boat themselves or supervise a team of shipbuilders. They also construct cradles and slipways for the ship’s construction, transportation, launching and slipping. Depending on the vessels, they might work with different materials such as metal, wood, fibreglass, aluminium etc.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Marking metal framework as a guide when drilling, cutting and shaping metal stock for use in buildings, ships and other structures;
(b) Drilling, cutting and shaping structural steel in a workshop;
(c) Erecting steel framework for buildings, bridges and other constructions;
(d) Assembling and erecting the framework and other metal parts of ships' structures;
(e) Shaping and fitting structural-steel plates of ships under construction or repair;
(f) Riveting structural metal members by hand, machine or pneumatic riveter.

Knowledge

  • Mechanics and metal trades
  • Audio-visual techniques and media production
  • Electronics and automation
  • Software and applications development and analysis
  • Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)

Digital competencies

  • Interpreting technical documentation and diagrams
  • Assembling electrical and electronic products
  • Complying with health and safety procedures
  • Installing wooden and metal components
  • Cutting materials and drilling holes

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools to control machinery
  • Using computer aided design and drawing tools
  • Creating visual displays and decorations
  • Setting up computer systems

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Taking a proactive approach
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts
  • Leading others

Professional groups of the occupation

Professionals

Science and engineering professionals

Life science professionals

Environmental protection professionals

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Environmental protection professionals

663

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

15,81%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

11,62% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

65,16%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

7,39%

Part-time contracts

1,10% Turnover index

209

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-5%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Science and engineering professionals

58%

42%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Science and engineering professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Life science professionals

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Environmental protection professionals

No experience
6%
Less than 1 year
9%
Between 1 and 2 years
19%
Between 2 and 4 years
37%
Between 4 and 8 years
4%
More than 8 years
25%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
40%
Manufacturing
11%
Information and communication
11%
Education
11%
Administrative and support service activities
10%
Others
17%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.