The study in collaboration with the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), aimed to generate information on skills available vis-à-vis skills required in SBSR sector to be able to identify skills gaps and thereafter propose strategies and approaches to address the identified gaps.  Two questionnaires were administered – Questionnaire 1 for the company profile and Questionnaire 2 for qualification requirements of employers, to 95 shipbuilding and ship repair entities. A total of 68 companies responded to Q1 and 73 companies to Q2.  Company profile showed a total of 2660 workers, mostly belonging to the preparation and production category, were employed in 68 companies.  Furthermore, the sector is proven to be male-dominated with young adult workers, and graduates of technical vocational courses.   Salary ranges according to hierarchy of positions.  As to skills, most workers rated themselves Average in Electric Arc Welding, Electrical Skills and Boatbuilding and Good in Ship Fitting and Sheet Metal Works. Workers attended company-required trainings mostly in Basic Safety, Occupational Safety and Value Practices.  On the other hand, the preferred qualification requirements of SBSR companies in hiring workers are male, between 26-35 years old, college graduate for managers, designers/engineers, and administrative personnel and a technical-vocational background for workers in the work preparation and production and heavy equipment operation categories.  Employers preferred workers with previous work experience than having a license as well as required specific trainings for each position category.  Analysis on what is available and what is required therefore showed absence of gap in terms of education.  However, a gap is noted in terms of trainings attended since employers have other training requirements which workers have not attended yet.  A skills gap is likewise noted.  The study therefore, recommended to establish minimum training requirements related to maritime safety and occupational safety, and also require SBSR workers to undergo job-specific trainings.  A system of certification of SBSR workers is likewise recommended.