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