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Job Description
Design and oversee construction and repair of marine craft and floating structures such as ships, barges, tugs, dredges, submarines, torpedoes, floats, and buoys. May confer with marine engineers.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2121.02
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Marine Architects”.
Also Known As…
- Marine Architects
- Structural Engineer
- Piping Designer
- Naval Architect Specialist
- Naval Architect
- Marine Structural Designer
- Marine Architect
- Initial Design and Naval Architecture Supervisor
- Engineering Specialist
- Designer
- Structural Designer
- Engineering Technician
- Boat Designer
- Boat Builder
Tasks for “Boat Builder”
- Confer with marine engineering personnel to establish arrangement of boiler room equipment and propulsion machinery, heating and ventilating systems, refrigeration equipment, piping, and other functional equipment.
- Design layout of craft interior, including cargo space, passenger compartments, ladder wells, and elevators.
- Evaluate performance of craft during dock and sea trials to determine design changes and conformance with national and international standards.
- Oversee construction and testing of prototype in model basin and develop sectional and waterline curves of hull to establish center of gravity, ideal hull form, and buoyancy and stability data.
- Design complete hull and superstructure according to specifications and test data, in conformity with standards of safety, efficiency, and economy.
- Study design proposals and specifications to establish basic characteristics of craft, such as size, weight, speed, propulsion, displacement, and draft.
- Conduct stability analyses of ships.
Related Technology & Tools
- Laptop computers
- Plotters
- Desktop computers
- Safety glasses
- Personal computers
- Hard hats
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Outlook
- The Napa Group NAPA
- Microsoft Project
- Siemens PLM Software NX
- Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Herbert Software Solutions HECSALV
- ANSYS FLUENT
- Proteus Engineering FastShip
- Creative System GHS
- AeroHydro MultiSurf
- Microsoft Access
- ANSYS ASAS
- ShipConstructor
- Seasafe Marine Software Seasafe
- Microsoft Excel
- HydroComp NavCad
- ANSYS AQWA
- Strand7
- Intergraph SmartMarine 3D
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- Autodesk Algor Simulation
- MSC Software Nastran