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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 “Piping Designer”
- 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.
- 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.
- Study design proposals and specifications to establish basic characteristics of craft, such as size, weight, speed, propulsion, displacement, and draft.
- Design complete hull and superstructure according to specifications and test data, in conformity with standards of safety, efficiency, and economy.
- 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
- Desktop computers
- Personal computers
- Laptop computers
- Hard hats
- Plotters
- Safety glasses
- The Napa Group NAPA
- Strand7
- Microsoft Project
- Siemens PLM Software NX
- AeroHydro MultiSurf
- Microsoft Word
- MSC Software Nastran
- Intergraph SmartMarine 3D
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- ANSYS FLUENT
- ANSYS AQWA
- Creative System GHS
- Seasafe Marine Software Seasafe
- Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- HydroComp NavCad
- ANSYS ASAS
- Microsoft Office
- Proteus Engineering FastShip
- Herbert Software Solutions HECSALV
- Microsoft Excel
- Autodesk Algor Simulation
- ShipConstructor