Career Profile:
$60,116
Median Yearlyfair
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ProspectiveThis unit group is for biomedical, marine, and other engineers: This class of engineers design and develop marine vessels and floating structures and associated marine power plants, propulsion systems and related systems and equipment.
full-time, self-employed
Halifax
Bachelor's Degree
Professional Engineer Certificate
Naval architecture is an engineering discipline that deals with the science, design and innovation of shipbuilding.
In the oceans technology sector, naval architects conduct basic and applied research, develop, and evaluate construction during all stages of building a marine vessel. This includes everything from ship structural analysis and design to determining which materials to use within a particular ship, and overseeing the building, maintenance and repair of marine vessels and systems.
A Naval Architect performs some or all of the following duties:
* The employment outlook over the next few years for this occupational group is "fair", which indicates the changes of a qualified individual finding work is around average.
Certification attests that the holder has met provincial requirements for the occupation. Certification is required to practice this profession.