Design and oversee testing, installation, and repair of marine apparatus and equipment.

“Design and oversee testing, installation, and repair of marine apparatus and equipment.” is a core task performed by Marine Engineers and Naval Architects. Among the occupation's 30 rated tasks, workers place it 6th by importance (#25 most important). About 79% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Develop research plans or methodologies. in Thinking Creatively
• Direct construction or extraction activities. in Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
• Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures. in Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Perform monitoring activities to ensure that ships comply with international regulations and standards for life-saving equipment and pollution preventatives. · importance 4.1
• Design complete hull and superstructure according to specifications and test data, in conformity with standards of safety, efficiency, and economy. · importance 4.0
• Conduct analyses of ships, such as stability, structural, weight, and vibration analyses. · importance 3.9
• Study design proposals and specifications to establish basic characteristics of craft, such as size, weight, speed, propulsion, displacement, and draft. · importance 3.9
• Maintain contact with, and formulate reports for, contractors and clients to ensure completion of work at minimum cost. · importance 3.9
• Supervise other engineers and crew members and train them for routine and emergency duties. · importance 3.8
• Coordinate activities with regulatory bodies to ensure repairs and alterations are at minimum cost and consistent with safety. · importance 3.8
• Check, test, and maintain automatic controls and alarm systems. · importance 3.8
• Prepare technical reports for use by engineering, management, or sales personnel. · importance 3.7
• Design layout of craft interior, including cargo space, passenger compartments, ladder wells, and elevators. · importance 3.7
• Prepare, or direct the preparation of, product or system layouts and detailed drawings and schematics. · importance 3.7
• Evaluate performance of craft during dock and sea trials to determine design changes and conformance with national and international standards. · importance 3.6
• Act as liaisons between ships' captains and shore personnel to ensure that schedules and budgets are maintained, and that ships are operated safely and efficiently. · importance 3.6
• Maintain records of engineering department activities, including expense records and details of equipment maintenance and repairs. · importance 3.6

See all tasks on the Marine Engineers and Naval Architects page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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