A boat builder:

• Studies plans and specifications and prepares templates and scale plans for fabrication and cutting of hull sections.
• Marks reference points and lines on dry docks and slipways.
• Checks position and functioning of slipway apparatus.
• Assembles shells of boats and erecting hull sections of ship.
• Erects and prepares launching platforms, conducting pre-launch tests and supervising launching procedures.
• Installs masts, frames, decking, fittings, machines, shafts and safety equipment.
• Builds and installs structures such as cabins, machine mountings, propeller supports and rudders.
• Determines repair requirements and procedures.
• May make hull moulds and fabricate and repair vessels using materials such as aluminium, wood, glass, reinforced plastics, carbon fibre, kevlar, fibreglass and concrete.