Also called: Traditional Boatbuilder
Builds and restores classic wooden boats by hand at boat shops and boatyards, steam-bending frames, planking hulls and finishing woodwork.
Wooden boatbuilders steam-bend oak frames, plank hulls, and restore antique yachts and dories using centuries-old techniques. Schools like the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding train newcomers.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 2 years after high school. Boatbuilding school or apprenticeship.
Ways in: Trade school, Apprenticeship, Self-taught. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Wooden Boatbuilding (trade school).
Growing slowly. Small niche trade.
Low risk for 10 years. Steam-bending frames and planking hulls by hand is traditional craft; demand is small but not AI-threatened.
Classes: Woodshop, Geometry, Art or design.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-7011.
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