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Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
Design, develop, and evaluate the operation of marine vessels, ship machinery, and related equipment, such as power supply and propulsion systems.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Perform monitoring activities to ensure that ships comply with international regulations and standards for life-saving equipment and pollution preventatives.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Design complete hull and superstructure according to specifications and test data, in conformity with standards of safety, efficiency, and economy.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Conduct analyses of ships, such as stability, structural, weight, and vibration analyses.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Study design proposals and specifications to establish basic characteristics of craft, such as size, weight, speed, propulsion, displacement, and draft.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Maintain contact with, and formulate reports for, contractors and clients to ensure completion of work at minimum cost.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Coordinate activities with regulatory bodies to ensure repairs and alterations are at minimum cost and consistent with safety.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Check, test, and maintain automatic controls and alarm systems.Mostly human for now
- 08Prepare technical reports for use by engineering, management, or sales personnel.AI could speed this up a lot
- 09Design layout of craft interior, including cargo space, passenger compartments, ladder wells, and elevators.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Prepare, or direct the preparation of, product or system layouts and detailed drawings and schematics.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss4%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
42%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 68% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Check, test, and maintain automatic controls and alarm systems.