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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
- Designer
- Boat Builder
- Structural Designer
- Engineering Technician
- Engineering Specialist
- Boat Designer
Tasks for “Engineering Specialist”
- Design layout of craft interior, including cargo space, passenger compartments, ladder wells, and elevators.
- Study design proposals and specifications to establish basic characteristics of craft, such as size, weight, speed, propulsion, displacement, and draft.
- Evaluate performance of craft during dock and sea trials to determine design changes and conformance with national and international standards.
- Conduct stability analyses of ships.
- 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 complete hull and superstructure according to specifications and test data, in conformity with standards of safety, efficiency, and economy.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Plotters
- Laptop computers
- Safety glasses
- Personal computers
- Hard hats
- Desktop computers
- Microsoft Excel
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- AeroHydro MultiSurf
- The Napa Group NAPA
- Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS
- Autodesk Algor Simulation
- Microsoft Outlook
- Creative System GHS
- ANSYS ASAS
- ANSYS AQWA
- Microsoft Office
- Intergraph SmartMarine 3D
- Siemens PLM Software NX
- Strand7
- Microsoft Access
- Herbert Software Solutions HECSALV
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- MSC Software Nastran
- ANSYS FLUENT
- ShipConstructor
- Seasafe Marine Software Seasafe
- Proteus Engineering FastShip
- HydroComp NavCad
- Microsoft Project