Occupations in Navy Yards
If you are interested in looking into opportunities for employment in navy yards, you naturally want to know about the different occupations and something about the conditions under which they are carried on. The following descriptions of the more important kinds of work will give you a general idea of the different jobs and if you wish to secure further details about any particular line of work you can get them through your vocational adviser.
A navy yard operates a number of shops in which different trades are carried on. These “shop” trades are carried on in the same general way as in the same sort of shops anywhere. The same processes, tools, and machines are used.
In addition to the “shop” trades there are a number of occupations that are carried on outside of the shops and are shipbuilding trades, engaged in building ships and repairing them.
There are, speaking in a rough way, “shop” trades and “yard” trades. There are also, of course, certain office occupations as in any business, and a number of special occupations such as those of timekeepers, truck drivers, and tool-room keepers.
In addition to the trades and occupations mentioned above, navy yards employ a number of men in general maintenance and construction work, and in keeping up the plant and equipment, such as tracklayers, pile drivers, masons, and bricklayers.