SOLAS Carpentry case studies
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The SOLAS Carpentry apprenticeship is a craft apprenticeship in Ireland, delivered through the national apprenticeship system coordinated by SOLAS and supported by the apprenticeship.ie information service. It is intended for people who want to train as carpenters and joiners through a structured mix of on-the-job work with an employer and off-the-job training in a training centre or educational setting. The SOLAS Carpentry case studies are 5 cases and about 3,993 words.
1Replacement of a B-15 Cabin Door on an Escape Corridor
While the vessel is alongside, the master reports that the B-15 hinged door to cabin 2-14 on A deck has failed: the leaf is delaminated at the lock stile and the overhead self-closer was removed at a previous refit. The ship's carpenter has a spare flush door blank of the same nominal size, 1,980 by 760 mm, taken from a stores locker, and proposes to hang it on the existing frame during the two-day port stay.
870 words, about 4 min2Wooden Locker Against an A-60 Bulkhead with an Open Cable Transit
During a refit the carpenter is told to build a 1.2 m wide hardwood locker in the engine control room, against the forward bulkhead. That bulkhead is an A-60 division between the engine control room and the crew recreation room; the mineral-wool insulation is fitted on the recreation-room side and is continuous except at a 300 by 300 mm cable transit near the deckhead.
798 words, about 4 min3Hatch Cover Securing and Weathertightness Before Sailing
The vessel is loading bagged cement at a river berth. 2 tween-deck hatch, the carpenter reports that four of the twelve steel securing cleats have wasted hinge pins and will not pull down evenly.
745 words, about 4 min4New Stores Partition Narrowing the Sole Escape Route
On the crew accommodation deck, the chief officer wants a new stores space. The carpenter is asked to erect a 50 mm plywood-on-stud partition across part of the port corridor, reducing the clear width from 1,050 mm to 620 mm over a 2.4 m length.
767 words, about 4 min5Breaking the Gastight Boundary of the CO2 Room
The fixed CO2 room is on the boat deck, bounded by steel bulkheads; the aft bulkhead separates it from a store. The boundary is required to be gastight.
813 words, about 4 min