Boat Builders and Shipwrights
VET / TAFE Declining · ANZSCO skill level 3 · occupation 3991
Boat Builders and Shipwrights construct, fit out and repair boats and ships.
How do you get there?
Highest qualification held by people in this job: 5.7% university · 58.8% vet / tafe · 31.3% school / entry (ABS Census via JSA).
Usually studied as Building & Construction. A selection of providers offering courses in this field (indicative, not ranked):
- University Central Queensland University
- University The University of Sydney
- University Western Sydney University
- University Southern Cross University (SCU)
- University Adelaide University
- University The University of Newcastle (UoN)
- University University of South Australia (UniSA)
- University University of Canberra
- TAFE TAFE Queensland
- TAFE Melbourne Polytechnic
- TAFE TAFE SA
- TAFE Victorian Institute of Technology
- TAFE Chisholm Institute
- TAFE Gordon Institute of TAFE
- TAFE Holmesglen Institute
- TAFE Central Australian Institute of Technology
Course & field-of-education data © Commonwealth of Australia (CRICOS), CC BY 2.5 AU. Matched by field of education — indicative; confirm entry requirements with each provider.
Where these jobs are
NSW 27.7% · QLD 24.6% · WA 20.7% · VIC 9.1% · SA 7.3% · TAS 4.9% · NT 3% · ACT 2.8%
Top industries
Manufacturing · Transport, Postal and Warehousing · Arts and Recreation Services.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia — Occupation profiles (Feb 2026) + Employment Projections (May 2025–2035). © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Figures are national estimates.