Careers & Training
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BoatGap has trained platers, welders, fitters and painters on the Tyne for nearly forty years. We still do — through a paid apprenticeship, hands-on from week one, taught by people who signed off their first hull decades ago.
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Learn on real steel
The apprenticeship
Our four-year apprenticeship pairs classroom time with real work on real vessels. You start on the shop floor beside a coded tradesperson, you are paid from day one, and you leave with a recognised qualification and a berth date you helped hold to.
We hire most of our apprentices onto full time contracts. Several now run their own teams; one runs the yard.
Paid from week one — no unpaid trials
Coded welding & class-approved procedures
Day release to a recognised marine qualification
Rotations across steel, paint, machinery & drydock
A full time offer for most who complete
Open roles
Open roles
We hire year round for the trades and for the office. If your trade is not listed, send us your details anyway — good people are worth a conversation.