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Practical Boatbuilding, £11,200
This 47 week course is our main course and leads to an IBTC Diploma and the option of City and Guilds 2451 levels 2/3. We offer the course four times a year; January, April, July and September. All students begin in the Joinery workshop where they will learn fundamental woodworking skills. After approximately 12 weeks students move on to the boat shed where they will work in a real boatyard environment. Students will learn to interpret the designers' drawings, loft the boat and make moulds, construct and set up a backbone, steam timber and make frames, plank up in carvel and clinker, lay decks, make spars and fit out the hull. In short a student at the end of the course should be able to build a boat.
Furniture and Woodworking, £10,500
The majority of the duration of this course will be spent in the Joinery section of the IBTC. Participants will start with a basic joinery course of approximately 8 weeks after which they will progress to more advanced skills and joints, look at furniture design, marketry, veneering and much more. The 35 week course will be tailored to individual skills and aspirations and should allow time for a final 'show piece' project. Students will be able to earn an IBTC Diploma reflecting their abilities and skills achieved.
Practical Yacht and Small Boat Survey. £4,195
Recognised industry wide and endorsed by YDSA this course is ideal for those with some small craft experience wishing to pursue a career in surveying. It is an intensive practical course using real boats and delegates are taught how to recognise and quantify a large range of defects under survey conditions. A unique feature of the course is the ongoing technical support offered to successful graduates by BMSE.ÊFor details please see prospectus. The course culminates in a full survey and successful completion leads to the IBTC diploma. Those successful are entitled to graduate membership of the YDSA and full membership of BMSE, see www.ydsa.co.uk and www.bmse.co.uk for details.
*Small Boatbuilding, £4,320 - 12 Weeks, leading to an IBTC Certificate
This is a short, intensive 12 week course and leading to an IBTC Certificate and is for those looking to develop a hobby or learn about a specific area of boatbuilding. After this course you should be able to build your own small boat. All students begin with four weeks of practical woodworking in order to build up the necessary hand skills. After that, you will learn how to set up and build a small dinghy, through constructing the backbone, setting up the moulds and planking a clinker dinghy, students also learn the techniques and skills needed to setup and build larger boats of both clinker and carvel construction.
*Woodworking Skills, £4320
This basic joinery course of 12 weeks is the foundation element of both our 47 week Boatbuilding course and our Furniture course. In a practical way with lots of exercises you will learn how to use basic boatbuilding hand and power tools, identify woods used in boatbuilding, recognising faults and flaws in timber, using glue properly and choose woods suitable for specific jobs. It is possible to do this woodworking skills course and then to do the full boatbuilding course at a time that suits you best.
*Glass Reinforced Plastics. £790
In the practical element you will first learn to lay up a GRP bow section. After releasing this from mould you will then cut holes into the sides simulating damage and learn to carry out two different types of repair. The next stage is to lay up a small deck moulding which after trimming will be bonded to the bow section. Theory will cover release systems, gel coat resins & catalysts, reinforcements, moulding techniques, identifying faults, health and safety procedures and much more. This is an intensive 4 day course and is part of the full time boatbuilding course. External delegates are welcome to join this course too.
*Knots & Splicing. £280
Students learn to recognise, select and make up appropriate rope and cord to suit specific purposes on a boat. We use both natural and synthetic ropes and you will learn to work with both. This 2 day course is part of the full time boatbuilding course but also available for external candidates. All materials/equipment for this course are supplied.
Router Course. £420
This intensive, practical 3 day course covers an introduction to routers, router use and health and safety aspects. It is centred around building your own custom made router table and all the skills and techniques required to make comprehensive use of your router. Course requirements are that you have a router of 'trade' or 'industrial' capacity, with a half inch collet and fine height adjustment capability.
*Basic Boat Plumbing and Electrics. £280
This course is part of the full time boatbuilding course but external delegates are welcome too. We offer this 2 day course four or five times a year and is aimed at giving students a solid grounding in basic plumbing and electrics. Electrical theory including electrical definitions, Ohms law, cables, fuses, circuits, batteries, generators, solar, wind chargers and much more. A typical marine domestic hot water system is explained along with engine cooling, fresh water & bilge pump systems, tanks and pipe work, cockpit drains etc. Marine gas systems are also introduced.
*Lofting. £140 per day
The lofting course takes designer's drawings and develops these on the loft floor. In 3-4 days or more (dependent on the complexity of the craft to be lofted) you will learn to draw full size, correcting any minor design errors to ensure a fair hull and make softwood patterns from the full size drawing as a basis around which to construct a new boat. This course is part of the full time boatbuilding course but also available for external candidates.
*Caulking. £140 per day
This 1day course begins with preparing the oakum bails which involved teaching the students to spin the oakum to fit the size of seam. They're then given an introduction into the different types of caulking irons and tools used for the caulking process. We then progress to the different challenges that they may face on various vessels and the appropriate measures needed to remedy them. Finally we culminate the course by practising these methods on an actual yacht so that the students can experience caulking techniques first hand. Assessment is carried out throughout the course with feedback being given at regular intervals.
* These courses are included in the Practical Boatbuilding course. City & Guilds enrolment and exam fees are charged on top of this fee but it does include all course materials. (We teach up to C & G level 3 as standard, exam entry is the only extra.)
We also offer courses which are tailor made for individuals. Downloadable details are available for our longer courses, please contact us if you would like us to devise a course to suit your specific requirements.