Entry Level Qualification 

12

Career Fields 

Engineering & Technology

For Specially Abled 

Career Entrance Exam 

JEE MAIN BE/BTECH, JEE ADVANCED, GATE

About Career 

Naval Architect & Ocean Engineer is an engineer who specialises in concepts of designing and constructing marine vessels, onshore structures, and offshore structures. They design, build, repair, maintain marine aircraft, submarines, sailboats, yachts, cruises, and different kinds of marine vessels. Marine Naval Architect & Ocean Engineers can be further divided into two different kinds:

Ocean Engineers: They are primarily responsible for the design, plan, development, and operation of offshore structures like underwater platforms, hydroelectric power systems, oilfields, etc. They also study the effect of water, tides, waves, currents, atmosphere, etc. on the structures so that the structure can be given maximum infrastructural efficiency.

Naval Architect: They are primarily responsible for the design, plan, development, construction, repair, and maintenance of a ship and other marine vessels such as a yacht, a passenger carrying steamer, and a fishing trawler. They ensure that a ship is stable in different conditions. They specialise in designing structures that can sail in water environment facing different obstructions like tides, waves, etc. They provide a design of the ship that can move freely in the water. Once the design is approved, they work on the construction of the ship.

Key roles and responsibilities

As a Naval Architect & Engineer, you will have different roles and responsibilities based on your specialization. Some of these roles and responsibilities are as discussed below:

Ocean Engineers:

1. You will plan all the offshore structures.

2. You will be responsible for inspecting equipment and machinery before they are deployed for construction.

3. You will design and oversee the testing, installation, repair, and functioning of all equipment.

4. You will conduct tests on equipment and machinery related to their operations, environmental hazards and performance.

5. You will coordinate with responsible bodies to ensure all repair and maintenance are done optimally with fair cost.

6. You will work on the technical reports of the offshore structures that can be used by other teams like sales, management, technical and engineering teams.

7. You will be responsible for managing the schedule of time and within the budget.

8. You will monitor all the activities so that the construction complies with all International regulatory bodies. Also, you will take care of the aquatic ecology around the under constructing structures. 

Naval Architects:

1. You will study the design proposal of the ship and accordingly the basic design characteristics of the ship like its size, weight, speed, propulsion, displacement, etc.

2. You will work on the ship to ensure its centre of gravity is within the body, its hull form and buoyancy are correct.

3. You will be responsible for conducting the stability test of the ship.

4. You will oversee the construction and also run a test of the prototype.

5. You will design the complete interior layout of the ship. This includes spaces for machinery, equipment, passenger compartments, cargo spaces, ladder, elevators, open spaces, etc.

6. You will train and supervise other team members with the safety procedures and emergency services on the ship.

7. You will prepare cost estimates, specifications, design and modification or construction schedules for vessels.

8. You will be responsible for managing the schedule of time and within the budget.

9. You will monitor all the activities so that the ship complies with all International regulatory bodies.

10. You will develop & maintain workflows and tools for planning, executing inspections of the hull, mooring, offloading and marine systems.

Career Entry Pathway 

Class 10 all subjects as per scheme of studies – Class 11-12 Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics along with any other subject as per scheme of studies – UG in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering / Marine Engineering / Civil Engineering / Mechanical engineering / similar fields – PG in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering

After your Class 11-12 Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics along with any other subject as per scheme of studies in your higher secondary school and then study for an undergraduate degree in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering / Marine Engineering / Civil Engineering / Mechanical engineering / Aviation Engineering / similar fields followed by a master’s degree in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering.

Class 10 all subjects as per scheme of studies – Class 11-12 Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics along with any other subject as per scheme of studies – UG in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering / Marine Engineering / Civil Engineering / Mechanical engineering / Aviation Engineering / similar fields – PG in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering – Ph.D. in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering

After your Class 11-12 Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics along with any other subject as per scheme of studies in your higher secondary school and then study for an undergraduate degree in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering / Marine Engineering / Civil Engineering / Mechanical engineering / Aviation Engineering / similar fields, followed by a master’s degree in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering. Further, you can take Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering in Ph.D. and complete the doctoral degree.

Class 10 all subjects as per scheme of studies – Class 11-12 Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics along with any other subject as per scheme of studies – UG in Naval Architect & Ocean Engineering

After your Class 11-12 Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics along with any other subject as per scheme of studies in your higher secondary school and then study for an undergraduate degree in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering / Marine Engineering / Civil Engineering / Mechanical engineering / Aviation Engineering / similar fields.

Class 10 all subjects as per scheme of studies – Class 11-12 Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics along with any other subject as per scheme of studies – UG in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering – Integrated Ph.D. in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering

After your Class 11-12 Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics along with any other subject as per scheme of studies in your higher secondary school and then study for an undergraduate degree in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering / Marine Engineering / Civil Engineering / Mechanical engineering / Aviation Engineering / similar fields. Following the B.E./B.Tech. Degree, you can study for Integrated Ph.D. in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering.

Required Qualification & Competencies 

Undergraduate studies after school

To become a Naval Architect & Ocean Engineer, you should complete your schooling with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and join for an undergraduate course of B.E. or B.Tech. in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering / Marine Engineering / Civil Engineering / Mechanical engineering / Aviation Engineering / similar fields.

Post Graduate Studies

After finishing B.E. or B.Tech., you can take an M.E. or M.Tech. course in India or Foreign University. There are many specialisations in M.E. and M.Tech. Including Ocean Engineering, Ocean Technology, offshore structural Engineering, Offshore Technology, Naval Architecture, Dredging & Harbour Engineer, etc.

You can go for further studies by choosing to complete a Ph.D. in Naval Architect & Ocean Engineering after M.E. or M.Tech.

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

You should have the following occupational interests:

1. Investigative: You should have interests for Investigative Occupations. Investigative occupations involve working with ideas and quite a lot of thinking, often abstract or conceptual thinking. These involve learning about facts and figures; involve the use of data analysis, assessment of situations, decision making and problem-solving.

2. Realistic: You should have interests for Realistic Occupations. Realistic occupations involve more practical and hands-on activities than paperwork or office work. Realistic occupations often involve physical activities for getting things done using various tools and equipment.

3. Artistic: You should have interests for Artistic Occupations. Artistic occupations mostly involve working with creative ideas, art, and designs. These occupations involve abstract or conceptual thinking, creative self-expression and often do not follow any set processes or rules for getting things done.

Following personality attributes are required:

1. You are always or mostly care about your actions and behaviour.

2. You are always or mostly disciplined in your action and behaviour.

3. You don't trust others easily.

4. You are always or mostly unaccommodating and stubborn.

5. You are always practical or in most situations.

6. You can always act independently or could do so in most situations.

7. You always prefer to experience new things and have new experiences, or you mostly do.

You should have the following skills and knowledge:

1. Critical Thinking - Skills in the analysis of complex situations, using logic and reasoning to understand the situations and take appropriate actions or make interpretations and inferences.

2. Reading Comprehension - Skills in understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

3. Problem Solving - Skills in analysis and understanding of problems, evaluating various options to solve the problems and using the best option to solve the problems.

4. Judgement & decision making - Skills in considering the pros and cons of various decision alternatives; considering costs and benefits; taking appropriate and suitable decisions.

5. Active Listening-  Giving full attention to what other people are saying, understanding the points being made by others, asking questions, etc.

6. Engineering & technology - Knowledge of various applications of one or more branches of Engineering Science & Technology to manufacture and produce various goods or construct or erect various structures. This includes knowledge about design, development, prototype testing, manufacturing, construction, installation, repair, and maintenance.

7. Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, trigonometry, statistics, and other mathematical disciplines and their applications.

8. Creative Design - Knowledge of various techniques, methods, and specifications for creating and developing designs for various products and materials such as textile, clothes, interiors, furniture, accessories, jewellery, animation, graphics, materials, film, video, web, user interfaces of digital devices, photography, etc.

9. Physical Science- Knowledge of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understand fluid, material, earth, ocean, atmosphere, and space dynamics, as well as mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures, properties and processes.

You should have the following aptitudes and abilities:

1. Deductive reasoning – The ability to apply general rules and common logic to specific problems to produce answers that are logical and make sense. For example, understanding the reasons behind an event or a situation using general rules and common logic.

2. Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information from various sources, concepts, and theories to form general rules or conclusions. For example, analysing various events or situations to come out with a set of rules or conclusions.

3. Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

4. Problem Sensitivity- The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

5. Near Vision-  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Career - Job Opportunities & Profiles 

1. If you join the technical side of the career, then you will join as Junior Structural Engineer, Junior Ocean Engineer, etc.

2. If you join the architecture side of the career, then you will find job opportunities as an assistant naval architect, architect trainee, etc.

3. If you join the non-technical side, then you might find opportunities like assistant surveyor at ship classification companies and bodies.

4. Most of the universities and college will hire you as a physics professor at the position of Junior Professor or Assistant Professor. If you are into research, then you will be hired at the position of research associate.

You can find job opportunities at the following facilities:

1. Ship & marine vessel building companies like Cochin Shipyard Limited, Goa Shipyard Limited, and Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers.

2. Oil and Natural gas exploration companies like Oil India Limited, Exxon Mobil, ONGC. Reliance Industries, etc.

3. Agencies and governing bodies like the Indian Register of Shipping, etc.

4. Technical and Consulting firms.

5. Teaching department in different engineering colleges including IITs.

6. Military and Naval Navigation

Work Environment:

Most of the Naval Architect & Ocean Engineers work in the office where they need to sit and use different software to design ship components. The job may extend beyond officer hours when there is an ongoing project. Most of the work requires coordination with other engineers and architects. For architects, there will be the possibility of a lot of discussions and arguments over designs. Once the designs are ready, they might have to work on the field to see the construction of a design, testing of instruments and machinery. This might include work on dock and deck.

If you are working as an offshore engineer, then you might also be required to work on offshore sites like oil fields, windmills in the sea, pipelines on the sea bed.

SPECIALISATION TRACKS IN THIS CAREER

1. Ocean Engineer

Ocean Engineers specialise in the designing, planning, developing, construction, repair, and maintenance of offshore and onshore structures like underwater platforms, hydroelectric power systems, oilfields, etc. They also study the effect of water, tides, waves, currents, atmosphere, etc. on the structures so that the structure can be given maximum infrastructural efficiency.

2. Offshore Structural Engineer

Offshore structural engineer specialises in the construct of structures in the water environment. These structures include offshore wind farms, oil platforms, submarine pipelines, etc.

3. Naval Architect

Naval Architects specialise in the designing of a ship. They are also involved in the development, construction, testing, commissioning, repair, and maintenance of ships and different other marine vessels. They ensure that the ship is stable in different conditions. They provide the skeleton of the ship that can move freely in the water.

4. Dredging & Harbour Engineer

Dredging & Harbour Engineers specialise at the development of infrastructure at the harbours and seaports. They use the technologies of dredging (to remove) to clear water in the harbours in the river routes which connect a sea to a river-based harbour.

CAREER GROWTH

1. If you have joined the technical department as an assistant engineer, then you will be promoted to Engineer Officer, Senior Engineer Officer, Deputy Manager, Manager, and Chief Manager. You may also be promoted to admin side as Deputy General Manager.

2. If you have joined the architect side, then from architect trainee, you will be promoted to naval architecture, senior naval architecture, head of design, and finally VP.

3. The career growth in university and college states from Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor, Professor and Professor Emeritus. Professors can also get administrative positions such as Director/Dean/Vice Chancellor, etc.

4. If you are hired as a research associate, then you will go on to become a Doctoral Research Fellow, then Post-Doctoral Research Fellow and then Scientist in Progressive Grades.

Salary Offered  

1. At the entry level working as an Assistant Ocean engineer or an assistant architect officer, you would be earning anything between Rs. 50,000 to 1,60,000 per month. As an assistant professor, you would be earning anything between Rs. 65,000 to 70,000 per month.

2. At the junior level with a work experience of 2-6 years, you would be earning anything between Rs. 70,000 to Rs. 2,00,000 per month.

3. At the middle level with an experience of 10-12 years, you would be earning anything between Rs. 1,00,000 to 2,50,000 as an engineer and Rs. 1,20,000 to 1,60,000 as a professor.

4. At the senior level of over 15 years of work experience, you would be earning anything between Rs. 1,60,000 to 2,00,000 per month as a professor. As an Engineer and architect, you would be earning anything between Rs. 1,50,000 to 5,00,000 per month.

MONTHLY EARNINGS IN INDIAN RUPEE 

1. Entry level: 0 - 2 years of work experience

2. Junior Level: From 1 to 12 years of work experience

3. Mid Level: From 5 to 20+ years of work experience

4. Senior Level: From 10 to 25+ years of work experience (there could be exceptions in some high-end technical, financial, engineering, creative, management, sports, and other careers; also in the near future, people will reach these levels much faster in many careers and in some careers, these levels will have no meaning as those careers will be completely tech skill driven such as even now, there is almost no level in a Cyber Security Expert’s job)

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Work Activities 

Here are few of the common work activities of a Naval Architect & Ocean Engineer:

1. Decision making & problem-solving - Analysis of data and information; evaluation of alternative decisions and results of decisions; taking the right decisions and solving problems.

2. Assessing and determining compliance with standards, laws, rules, and guidelines - Analysis of data and information to find facts, trends, reasons behind situations, etc.; interpretation of data to aid in decision making

3. Getting Information and learning - Observing, hearing, reading, using computers, or otherwise obtaining information and learning from it. Information can be in any form.

4. Using computers for work- Using computers for day-to-day office work; using computer software for various applications in day-to-day professional work; entering data and process information; for writing.

5. Drawing, drafting, laying out and specifying objects, equipment, devices, tools, and systems- Creating and developing designs, drawings, layouts and specifications about how to construct, manufacture, assemble, build, use, and maintain various equipment, devices, tools, and systems.

6. Updating & using relevant knowledge-  Keeping updated with the latest knowledge relevant to your fields of work and use of the relevant knowledge in getting things done.

7. Communicating & Co-workers & others-  Communicating with people in writing, verbally or otherwise inside your workplace and various other people who have professional relationships with your place of work including vendors, government officials, etc. or with people at large.