Naval architects and marine designers plan the building of floating buildings and marine vessels. Repairs to floating structures and marine boats are overseen by naval architects and marine designers. There may be a need for licensure or registration. There can be a need for registration or licensing.
Skill Level: Level 1 or Equivalent
Skill Assessment Authority: Engineers Australia (EA) / Australian Institute of Management (AIM)
Specializations of Naval Architect / Marine Designer
- Shipbuilding Designer
Naval Architect / Marine Desginer ‘ Responsibilities ‘
- Naval Architect / Marine Designer prepares the flow of the project by portraying tasks in a diagram.
- For hull construction, a naval architect or marine designer does the necessary calculations.
- Standards and guidelines for testing, modifying, developing, quality control, tracking, maintenance, and inspection are created by naval architects and marine designers.
- Using auto-nesting software, naval architects and marine designers create the nesting for the cutting of steel plates in order to produce the bills of materials.
- The workshop document package, which comprises the documentation of drawing supplied to the production divisions for building the unit, is created by a naval architect or marine designer.
- By illustrating the plan of assembly and techniques of construction for the hull units, the naval architect or marine designer generates the drawings of the working process for the manufacture of the unit.