Also called: Dockmaster (Shipyard), Docking Officer
Plans and runs the delicate process of floating ships into a drydock and setting them down on blocks.
A drydock master studies the ship's hull drawings, plans where every support block goes, and directs the flooding and pumping of the dock as a ship weighing thousands of tons settles into place.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Years of shipyard or mariner experience; many have a maritime degree.
Ways in: On-the-job training, 4-year college. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Marine Transportation, Maritime Studies, Naval Architecture.
Growing about average. Few positions; each shipyard has only a handful.
Low risk for 10 years. Hull models help plan blocks, but floating a ship in and setting it down safely is high-stakes human judgment.
Classes: Physics, Geometry, Earth science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 53-5021.
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