ShipConstructor Offers Shipbuilding Educational Resources
 VICTORIA,
BC, Jul 1, 2009 - ShipConstructor Software Inc. (SSI), in conjunction with two universities,
eight shipyards and five design firms, has created comprehensive
college-level materials for the instruction of modern shipbuilding design
and modeling.
These educational resources have been developed in direct response to the
stated needs of the shipbuilding industry and are designed to take students
with a basic understanding of AutoCAD and provide them with the practical
skills and essential knowledge needed to become modelers in a shipyard or
marine design agency.
 Included
are lessons exposing learners to marine materials, classification societies,
safety issues, shipbuilding terminology, fabrication strategies, shipyard
production drawings and the principles of Design for Production (DFP).
Activities focus on hands-on practice where students get to model
structural, piping, HVAC, electrical and equipment parts within
ShipConstructor, a 3D AutoCAD based marine design software program. The
lessons also teach students how to create nest, assembly and spool drawings
as well as other realistic production output. This hands-on experience,
combined with solid theoretical knowledge ensures mastery of competencies
requested by the shipbuilding industry.
Activities focus on hands-on skill building Graham Chamberlain, an
experienced educator and former shipyard manager, coordinated the
development of this educational package. Working with the University of
Wisconsin (Marinette), the University of South Alabama, and the Worldwide
Instructional Design System (WIDS), the stakeholders created a comprehensive
set of learner centered modules that can easily be implemented by an
educational institution.
“Besides being practical, it is all completely ‘turn-key’ and
pedagogically sound,” Chamberlain says. “Everything an instructor needs for
teaching, from lesson plans, to assessment, to learning objectives to
instructional videos, interactive exercises, and ‘train the trainer’
materials, is included on a DVD. We even have experienced mentors available
to help faculty implement this instructional material.”
The material is scalable. There are five two-hour activities in 3D
modeling which may be added onto existing AutoCAD training programs.
However, the 5500 files, videos, links and lessons on the DVD may also be
grouped together to form a series of courses.
Industry representatives are currently working to have to this material
accredited by a certifying body.
“This educational resource package helps universities and colleges
provide shipyards and design firms with a larger pool of qualified workers,”
says Dennis Fanguy, Vice President, Quality Management Systems for Bollinger
Shipyards. “We are encouraging SNAME to develop an accreditation program
centered on this material so that students can receive certification that is
recognized throughout the industry.”
ShipConstructor is currently working with a select number of educational
institutions to help them integrate this resource into their curriculum and
is accepting enquiries from interested colleges and universities who wish to
provide practical hands-on instruction in modern shipbuilding programs and
practices.
Industry & Academic Institutions involved:
Bollinger Shipyards, Northrop Grumman, Austal USA, Bender Shipbuilding &
Repair, VT Halter Marine, Manitowoc Marine Group, Todd Pacific Shipyard,
Atlantic Marine, Art Anderson Associates, Murray & Associates, Genoa Design
International, Elliot Bay Design Group, Gibbs & Cox, ShipConstructor
Software Inc., Worldwide Instructional Design System, University of
Wisconsin (Marinette), and the University of South Alabama.
About ShipConstructor Software Inc. (SSI)
SSI is the creator of ShipConstructor, the only enterprise level 3D
detail design software for shipbuilding and offshore projects that leverages
and maintains interface consistency with AutoCAD.
For more information about ShipConstructor, visit
www.shipconstructor.com.
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