Lamination

Pensacola, FL
Full Time
Mid Level
Job Summary:
Lamination must be safety conscious, dependable, organized, detail oriented, and has extensive experience in laminating boat parts in a production environment.  Goal oriented to become one of the best technicians in the industry, developing and improving skills daily striving to have a positive solid career at Blazer Boats.

Duties/Responsibilities: Under direction of supervisor, effectively and efficiently:
  • Maintain a professional, organized, clean lamination department
  • Contribute to team effort meeting production goals
  • Clean and maintain tools and equipment for proper use and perform daily tool maintenance
  • Spray chopped fiberglass, resins, and catalysts into prepared molds or dyes using pneumatic spray guns with chopper attachments
  • Fiberglass mats, cloth, wood-bracing materials and small parts as required by projects being assembled
  • Pat or press layers of saturated mats or cloth into place on molds, using brushes or hands,
  • Smooth out wrinkles and air bubbles with hands or squeegees
  • Mix catalysts into resins and saturate cloth and mats with mixtures using brushes
  • Apply layers of resin to mold surfaces prior to placement of fiberglass mats, repeating layers until products have the desired thickness and resins have jelled
  • Bond wood reinforcing strips to decks and cabin structures of watercraft, using resin-saturated fiberglass
  • Identify all boats made by shape, size and model
  • Check completed products for conformance to specifications and for defects by measuring with rulers or micrometers, by checking them visually, or by tapping them to detect bubbles or dead spots.
  • Trim excess materials from molds, using hand shears or trimming knives
  • Help Product Development with new product launches into production
  • Other duties as assigned 

Operations Monitoring:
  • Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Required Skills/Abilities:
  • Work the hours required for this position.  Overtime may be required
  • Minimum of 3 to 5 years’ experience, preferably in a boat lamination department
  • Maintain a positive attitude in a team environment
  • Self-starter and organized
  • Maintain high standards of quality,
  • Use all hand tools and measuring equipment in the lamination process
  • Demonstrate ability to adapt quickly in a manufacturing environment
  • Reliable transportation


Education and Experience:
High school diploma or equivalent.

Physical Requirements including, but not limited to:
  • Able to lift 50+ lbs.
  • Work in a non-climate-controlled environment
  • Climbing, stopping, kneeling, reaching, squatting and bending
  • May work on knees, seated laying down standing up
  • May require individual to be in awkward positions
  • May be exposed to acetone resin fiberglass, putties, glues, cleaners
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