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Industry Description |
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This sector groups establishments that produce (1) ships and boats, (2) railroad systems, parts and locomotives, and (3) other transportation systems not covered in the Aerospace or Motor Vehicles categories.
The Ship and Boat Building industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating shipyards or boat yards (i.e., ship or boat manufacturing facilities). Shipyards are fixed facilities with drydocks and fabrication equipment capable of building a ship, defined as watercraft typically suitable or intended for other than personal or recreational use. Boats are defined as watercraft typically suitable or intended for personal use. Activities of shipyards include the construction of ships, their repair, conversion and alteration, the production of prefabricated ship and barge sections, and specialized services, such as ship scaling.
The Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) manufacturing and/or rebuilding locomotives, locomotive frames and parts; (2) manufacturing railroad, street, and rapid transit cars and car equipment for operation on rails for freight and passenger service; and (3) manufacturing rail layers, ballast distributors, rail tamping equipment and other railway track maintenance equipment.
Other Transportation Systems include establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing motorcycles, bicycles, metal tricycles, complete military armored vehicles, tanks, self-propelled weapons, vehicles pulled by draft animals, and miscellaneous transportation equipment, including parts thereof. |
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Industry Subsectors |
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Top Ten Careers |
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U.S. National Figures. |
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Ship, Rail & Other Transportation Manufacturing |
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
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18,360 |
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
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8,190 |
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
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7,450 |
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
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6,150 |
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
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5,560 |
Electricians
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5,200 |
Machinists
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4,400 |
Painters, Transportation Equipment
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4,310 |
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
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4,020 |
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
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3,980 |
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