Also called: Outside Machinist (Shipyard)
Machines and installs shafts, propellers, pumps, and engines on ships.
Shipyard machinists turn parts on lathes and then go aboard to align propeller shafts and rebuild pumps.
Apprenticeship, about 4 years after high school. Shipyard apprenticeship (e.g., Newport News Shipbuilding's Apprentice School, Norfolk or Puget Sound Naval Shipyard apprenticeships, Electric Boat, Bath Iron Works), which pays you while you learn or machining trade school.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, Trade school. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Machining (trade school).
Growing about average (about 2% over 10 years).
Medium risk for 10 years. CNC machines and AI programming automate shop work; aligning shafts and rebuilding pumps aboard ship stays hands-on.
Classes: Machining CTE class, Geometry, Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-4041.
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