Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a naval architect can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a naval architect already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Naval architects design, build, maintain and repair all types of boats from pleasure crafts to naval vessels, including submarines. They analyse floating structures and take various features into account for their designs such as the form, structure, stability, resistance, access and propulsion of hulls.

Also known as naval engineer/architect, vessel designer, naval vessel architect, outfitting engineer, submarine architect, boat designer, yacht designer, ship designer, marine architect, maritime architect, hull designer.

Professionals 92 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: marine engineering technician, 64%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
marine engineering technician 64% covered marine engineering drafter 59% covered marine engineer 57% covered robotics engineer 54% covered rolling stock engineer 52% covered naval architect You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from naval architect, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a naval architect already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A naval architect needs 12 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • assess structural integrity of ship for maritime usage information skills
  • analyse ship operations information skills
  • naval architecture engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • ensure vessel compliance with regulations assisting and caring
  • mechanics of vessels engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • execute feasibility study information skills
  • assess financial viability information skills
  • mechanical engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • execute analytical mathematical calculations information skills
  • engineering processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a naval architect does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Naval architect is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a naval architect’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.