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