Also called: Weight Control Engineer
Tracks the weight of every item on a ship so it floats level and stays stable.
These engineers keep a giant database of weights and locations for everything from engines to coffee makers, run stability calculations, and conduct the inclining test where a ship is tilted on purpose to measure its balance.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in naval architecture or engineering.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering.
Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years).
Medium risk for 10 years. Software tracks weights and runs stability math; humans still chase real changes on the build and run incline tests.
Classes: AP Physics, Statistics, Computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2121.
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