The professional profile of a technician specialized in nautical welding is basically dedicated to fabricating, assembling and repairing metallic elements and structures on sport and recreational craft. Both fixed and mobile, as well as to maintaining auxiliary equipment and systems. The thoroughness and rigor in the execution of this task involves tracing, cutting and shaping the metal structures, installations and products of mechanical fabrication, in accordance with the specifications of welding procedures (WPS), with quality, safety and respect for the environment.
He or she works mainly for small companies that carry out the maintenance, repair and restructuring of recreational boats and yachts, specializing in the manufacture, assembly and repair of metal parts that require welding and industrial boilermaking techniques, as well as knowledge of the hardware industry and/or the assembly and maintenance of hydraulic systems.

• Develop mechanization and welding procedures on ships and boats.
• Repair, maintenance and assembly of customized hydraulic systems, complying with the required regulations, according to quality and occupational risk prevention criteria.
• To carry out fabrication, assembly and repair operations on boilermaking elements and metal structures, applying the necessary techniques and established procedures.
  
• Perform mechanical or thermal cutting and welding in accordance with welding procedure specifications (WPS), or thermal projections, with quality and safety criteria.
  

Regulated training and graduates

• Professional Training Course (s) ind the field of Faciliites and maintenance services - Intermediate level: Electromechanical maintenance, professional profile of recreational boats and port services
• Professional Training Course(s) in the field of Mechanical Production - Intermediate Level: Welding and Boilermaking
• Certificat de Professionalitat de la Família Fabricació mecànica: Operacions auxiliars de fabricació mecànica (Nivell 1)
• Certificat de Professionalitat de la Família Fabricació mecànica: Muntatge i posada en marxa de béns d'equip i maquinària industrial (Nivell 2)
• Certificat de Professionalitat de la Família Fabricació mecànica: Fabricació i muntatge d'iinstal·lacions de tuberia industrial (Nivell 2)
• Certificat de Professionalitat de la Família Fabricació mecànica: Mecanitzat per tall i conformat (Nivell 2)
• Certificat de Professionalitat de la Família Fabricació mecànica: Soldadura amb elèctrode revestit i TIG (Nivell 2)
• Certificat de Professionalitat de la Família Fabricació mecànica: Soldadura oxigas i soldadura MIG/MAG (Nivell 2)
• Certificat de Professionalitat de la Família Fabricació mecànica: Gestió de la producció en fabricació mecànica (Nivell 3)
• Certificat de Professionalitat de la Família Fabricació mecànica: Fabricació de troquels per a la producció de peces de xapa metàl·lica (Nivell 3)
• Certificat de Professionalitat de la Família Fabricació mecànica: Disseny de caldereria i estructures metàl·liques (Nivell 3)
• Certificat de Professionalitat de la Família Fabricació mecànica: Disseny en la indústria naval (Nivell 3)
• Certificat de Professionalitat de la Família Fabricació mecànica: Producció en construccions metàl·liques (Nivell 3)

Complementary training

Other specific skills

Concern for order and quality: Level 2

Team work and cooperation: Level 1

Learning and use of knowledge: Level 1

Initiative: Level 1

Mechanical handling

People related to the field of mechanical handling are interested in the assembly, maintenance, repair and use of machines, tools and installations. Some good examples of professional activities in the field of mechanical handling are adjusting and configuring machines, reviewing technical equipment to detect incidents in their operation, handling machinery in production processes and driving specialised vehicles.

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• Work hours

  Full-time. It is normal to work 40 hours a week, but with a need for flexible working hours, as repairs and maintenance operations are often required depending on the customer's needs.

• Salary

  
  Between 20,000 and 30,000 Euros gross per year.

• Professional category

  Specialist staff