Shipfitter/Welder

You will perform all kinds of journeyman shipfitting and fabricating tasks involved in the construction, repair, maintenance, overhaul and conversion of a wide variety of types and sizes of marine craft and vessels. Being a civilian working for the Coast Guard makes you a valuable team player. Typical duties includes: * Identifying different types of metal and alloys and also determining thickness and popper grade. * Developing templates, layout and fabricates complex and simple sub assemblies to include but not limited to shell plates, frames, water tight and non-watertight bulkheads, deck beams, superstructures, foundations, ladders, pipe rails, rudders, cradles and many other items. * Using plasma arc and oxy-acetylene torch for burning, flushing and heating material. * Using lifting eyes, chain fails, overhead cranes, slings, chains and other lifting gear to move material or regulate it on the job. * Erecting hull components on site in accordance with center line, base line, buttoc