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