Boatbuilder Apprenticeship!
IBTC Lowestoft are collaborating with East Coast College to offer Level 3 Boatbuilder apprenticeships. The apprenticeship is designed to develop the professional standard required of people working…
Read MoreWelcome to the IBTC International Boatbuilding Training College Lowestoft where we are proud to offer a wide range of traditional boatbuilding and joinery courses together with shorter courses exploring additional woodworking skills and maritime crafts.
Boatbuilding
Our flagship course leads to the internationally recognised and coveted IBTC Diploma in boatbuilding along with City and Guilds 2473 level 3. This comprehensive course covers all the skills required to build and maintain boats.
Woodworking Skills
An intensive course focusing on a range of woodworking skills suitable for all including those with no previous experience.
Introduction to Boatbuilding
This 12 weeks Small Boatbuilding course starts with four weeks practical woodworking to learn the necessary skills necessary to build your own boat.
Short Courses at the IBTC
We have a range of short courses here at IBTC, encompassing many of the individual skills which explores maritime crafts and general woodworking.
Upcoming Courses › Short Courses
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Timber Technology
Timber Technology A theory based course covering timber, both naturally grown and manufactured wood products, and their application within the marine industry. The course covers wood defects, hardwoods, softwoods, conversion, seasoning and wood decay.
Router Course – 3 day course
The IBTC Router Course is an intensive, practical, 3 day course which covers the introduction to routers, cutter types, router use and health and safety.
Caulking – 2 day course
The course covers oakum bails, an introduction to types of irons and tools used in the caulking process and the opportunity to put your knowledge into practice on a real vessel.
Lofting Theory – 2 day course
This course takes designers’ drawings and develops them on the loft floor.
A Royal Appointment
Congratulations to IBTC instructor Gary Breeze who has been chosen to design a commemorative coin to honour Her Majesty The Queen’s 95th birthday! “Gary’s coin designs are richly detailed…
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The Mystery of the Thorpeness Wreck
Mike has been invited to join a panel of experts to discuss a shipwreck that was recently unearthed on a Suffolk beach!
Read MoreLearn more about the IBTC Lowestoft
Situated in the coastal town of Lowestoft, perched on the edge of The Broads the IBTC is ideally placed to promote the craft of boatbuilding.
IBTC offers a variety of boatbuilding/maintenance and woodworking courses suitable for both those looking for a career in the industry as well as individuals wanting to develop new and existing interests and skills.
Testimonials
IBTC provided a great grounding in wooden boat construction, I think you get out what you put into it, for some students it was more of a hobby, for me it was always going to be my career.
Tony O'Connor
The IBTC is there to help you grow into the boatbuilder that is in all of us with an interest and passion.
Paul Langham
I found the weekends too long, the weeks too short and would wake up each day excited about what lay ahead.
Robert Tretheway