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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
- Marine Structural Designer
- Marine Architect
- Initial Design and Naval Architecture Supervisor
- Engineering Specialist
- Designer
- Boat Builder
- Structural Designer
- Naval Architect
- Engineering Technician
- Boat Designer
Tasks for “Naval Architect”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Safety glasses
- Plotters
- Personal computers
- Desktop computers
- Hard hats
- Laptop computers
- Herbert Software Solutions HECSALV
- Proteus Engineering FastShip
- ShipConstructor
- Microsoft Word
- Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS
- Intergraph SmartMarine 3D
- AeroHydro MultiSurf
- MSC Software Nastran
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- ANSYS FLUENT
- The Napa Group NAPA
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Excel
- Autodesk Algor Simulation
- Microsoft Office
- ANSYS AQWA
- Seasafe Marine Software Seasafe
- Microsoft Access
- ANSYS ASAS
- HydroComp NavCad
- Strand7
- Creative System GHS
- Siemens PLM Software NX
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint