Ship Fitters

• Verify conformance of workpieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes. 

• Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers. 

• Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools. 

• Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences. 

• Set up and operate fabricating machines

• Lay out and examine metal stock or workpieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met. 

• Tack-weld fitted parts together. 

• Lift or move materials and finished products, using large cranes. 

• Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to workpieces, using measuring devices, squares, chalk, and soapstone. 

• Set up face blocks, jigs, and fixtures. 

• Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting. 

• Locate and mark workpiece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications. 

• Straighten warped or bent parts, using sledges, hand torches, straightening presses, or bulldozers. 

• Smooth workpiece edges and fix taps, tubes, and valves. 

• Preheat workpieces to make them malleable, using hand torches or furnaces. 
• Wash and cut with a torch 

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