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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
- Marine Structural Designer
- Marine Architect
- Initial Design and Naval Architecture Supervisor
- Engineering Specialist
- Designer
- Boat Builder
- Structural Designer
- Naval Architect Specialist
- Engineering Technician
- Boat Designer
Tasks for “Naval Architect Specialist”
- Evaluate performance of craft during dock and sea trials to determine design changes and conformance with national and international standards.
- 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.
- 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.
- Design layout of craft interior, including cargo space, passenger compartments, ladder wells, and elevators.
- 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
- Desktop computers
- Laptop computers
- Plotters
- Safety glasses
- Personal computers
- Hard hats
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Strand7
- Autodesk Algor Simulation
- ShipConstructor
- ANSYS FLUENT
- ANSYS AQWA
- HydroComp NavCad
- Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS
- Creative System GHS
- Proteus Engineering FastShip
- Intergraph SmartMarine 3D
- The Napa Group NAPA
- AeroHydro MultiSurf
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Herbert Software Solutions HECSALV
- Siemens PLM Software NX
- Microsoft Word
- Seasafe Marine Software Seasafe
- Microsoft Office
- ANSYS ASAS
- MSC Software Nastran