Tham khảo tài liệu 'guide to ship repair estimates episode 2', kỹ thuật - công nghệ, cơ khí - chế tạo máy phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Introduction This guide has been produced in order to outline to technical superintendents of ship owners and ship managers the manner in which the commercial departments of ship repairers compile quotations. The ship repairers use their tariffs for standard jobs to build up their quotations. This guide is based on these tariffs but is made up in manhours to assist long-term pricing. It can also be of assistance to shipyards without this information to prepare man-hour planning charts helping them to assess manpower requirements for jobs and to produce time-based plans. Man-hours have been used so that this book will not be dated and can be used without encountering the problems of increases in costs over the years. Where man-hour costs are not possible these have been noted and suggestions made to compile costs against these items. Apart from steel works and pipe works no cost of materials has been included within this book. Only man-hours are used in order that the compiler may assess shipyards charges based on the current market price of labour. Where materials are conventionally supplied by the repair contractor these have been built into the labour costs and evaluated as man-hours. Apart from steel works and pipe works the cost of materials in the jobs listed are generally minimal when compared with labour costs. So apart from these two most of the other costs will be consumables. A comparison between various countries has been included. The workers of some countries have more efficient skills than others. Some establishments have more sophisticated equipment than others. Introduction 1 However common ground has been assumed in the output of workers in standard jobs. It is stressed that this book considers only ship repairs that is removing damaged worn or corroded items making or supplying new parts to the pattern of the old and installing. It is not meant to be used in its entirety for new building work although in some areas it may prove useful. Unless .