Gainful Employment Disclosure for Yacht Design Program

Yacht Design Program

Gainful Employment Disclosure

The Landing School 6 digit OPEID:

023613–00

Program Name and Length:

Yacht Design Program and 10 months

Department of Education 6 digit CIP for program:

14.2201/50.0499

CIP Program Description:

The Yacht Design Program teaches the technical design process for both power- and sailboats from concept through preliminary design. While the curriculum is engineering-based, the aesthetic aspects of yacht design are also an important element. The fundamentals of hydrostatics and hydrodynamics form the basis for hullform design. The keels and rudders, rigs, engines, propellers, ergonomics and aesthetics are all considered in the development of interior arrangements, outboard profiles and deck plans.

Structural design and layout is founded on the fundamentals of engineering statics, strength of materials and structural mechanics within industry standards. Students also study system design and installation including engines, shafts, steering systems, tanks, piping, ventilation and electrical systems. Students begin the first quarter of the program employing manual drafting skills in order to gain appreciation for drawing appearance and layout. The remainder of the year they use CAD software using a networked PC at each student’s workstation. Students use industry-standard software for calculations, two-dimensional drafting, three-dimensional hull fairing and general three-dimensional modeling.

Throughout the year the scope of the studies is supported and extended by lectures by industry experts, field trips and reviews of case studies on business practices and client relations. Students spend much of their time preparing preliminary designs for safe and practical small craft. As a final project, each student prepares a complete set of plans and calculations covering all aspects of the design for his or her own choice of a sailboat, powerboat or commercial craft. A student’s designs comprise a portfolio that he or she may use to demonstrate his or her skills and experience when seeking employment.

The Yacht Design Program is very demanding. The material covered in a school year usually takes at least two academic years to complete at other institutions. Students devote a substantial amount of time outside of lab and lecture periods to completing school assignments and projects.

Many students choose to return to The Landing School and take a second certificate degree; also many take the required general education courses and earn an Associate of Applied Science in Marine Industry Technology.

Who is included?

This job placement rate looks at jobs that were in the field of study. Positions that recent graduates were hired for include: yacht designers, naval architects, boat yards and some of our graduates chose to return to school.

When were they employed:

This rate is based on program graduates who were employed within 30 days of completion.

What agencies (state or accrediting), if any, is this rate reported to?

The rate is reported to the ACCSC (Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and College.