/internal/media/dispatcher/6361/fullOral history of the Malta Dockyard: John Iles20 May 2021[John Iles, Joe Meli]John IlesThis recorded interview was made as part of the Malta Dockyard Oral History project by the Digitisation Unit, Heritage Malta, under the direction of Joe Meli. John entered the yard as a Boilermaker apprentice in 1966. He completed his apprenticeship in 1970 and worked as boilermaker for 8 years, when he applied for a post of recorder. New technology reduced the requirement of recorders, so he moved to the post of estimator for 5 years and then joined the shiprepair managers’ section, where after 2½ years he was asked to take the position of the departmental manager of Pipeworkers / Boilermakers. Eventually he was transferred back to a shiprepair manager up to when he left the yard in 2008 during the closing down process.Interviewshttps://emuseum.heritagemalta.mt/objects/731/rdf