OVERVIEW

The course offers Nautical Engineering students the basic knowledge to work in a pleasure craft shipyard and grants a global view of the organization and of the main building technologies and techniques.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Provide the basic knowledge  of the main building technologies and techniques and of the organization of a shipyard, particularly related to the pleasure craft shipyard with problems connected to the building process.

Review basic Nautical Engineer subjects such as Ship’s hydrostatics, Science of construction, Technology of materials, to verify their applicability to the building process in a shipyard.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The first part of the course concerns the laws and rules for pleasure craft related to the management of a shipyard and its organization, the safety of workers, the quality assurance system, the job scheduling and control.

The second part deals with technical subjects relevant to work techniques and to the general activities of the shipyard.

The student will be able to work in a shipyard, in both the technical and the production departments, and will be fully aware of the area in which he/she is requested to work and of the processes within which his/her activity falls.

TEACHING METHODS

Due to the wide scope of the syllabus, the course  will be mostly held at school by dedicated lessons.

Examination drills are scheduled at the semester end, during which the teacher will provide examination tests with the relevant solutions.

Depending on the students number, an organized visit to a shipyard may replace one or two lessons  (not more).

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Shipbuilding and economics : market, demand and offer, competitiveness, price, costs for the builder, the building contract, analogies and differences between traditional shipbuilding and leisure craft shipbuilding.

Shipyard organization and production activities : shipyard layout, shipbuilding stages, pre-contractual activities, quotations, design, procurement, production, sub-contracting, project management.

Quality and Safety at work and the environment : the various concepts referred  to the shipyard and to the integrated system.

The information flow : drawings and technical documents from the issue by the basic design department to the building detail; computerized management and design.

The material flow : the material storehouse, the naval workshop, prefabrication, preliminary outfitting, hull assembly; the various activities in outfitting, with a special regard to mechanical, carpentry and painting activities.

Project control : lead-time, scheduling, Gantt’s diagram, net-scheduling, the work-load, the S curve.

Main launching and hoisting system : the longitudinal launch, the dry-dock, the floating dock, the synchro-lift and the travel lift.

Sea trials, the stability test : operational methods.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

“Principles of naval architecture”,  S.N.A.M.E.

Lloyd’s Register of Shipping – Special Service Craft (SSC) Rules

Registro Italiano Navale – Charter Yacht Rules

Articles from specialized press and magazines, notes by Ing. Guido Penco, all loaded regularly on Aula Web site.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

PAOLO PONSICCHI (President)

DARIO BOOTE

LESSONS

LESSONS START

School lessons will be held in the second semester, on Wednesday morning from 09:00 to 13:00

52 hours of lessons at school are scheduled (13 lessons).

Additional lessons will be provided to recover the lost ones in case of national holidays or teacher’s absence.

The second semester starts the third week of February and ends at the end of May.

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The final test is a written two hours (max) test including 5 or 7 questions (depending of the difficulty of the subjects dealt with).

Usually, 2-3 questions are technical, whilst the remaining 4 or 5 ones imply technical-descriptive answers.

All the questions are relevant to subjects considered during the course and that are, in any case, available in the documentation loaded in the  Aula Web site.

Final tests are scheduled during summer session (one in June, one in July, one in September) and during the winter session (one in January, the other one in February)

Students are requested to be equipped for the final test with square paper, pencil, pens, calculator.  It is forbidden to consult documents and  to use computer, phone.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

To enable room reservation and the preparation of the printed test papers, it is mandatory to enrole on-line for the final test at least 7 days in advance of the date scheduled for the test.

The evaluation of final test result, subsequent to the correction of each single test, will be reconsidered by the teacher, taking into account  the average of the results achieved  and the reply given to particularly difficult problems.

Exam schedule