Trimming a ship involves making it as horizontal as possible when considering front (fore) and back (aft) of ship. Water ballast can be used to adjust trim. These will have to be considered in design.

In an accidental flooding of any of tanks, for example, when a ship is involved in a collision, it must have some means to maintain floatation without sinking.

The amount of power to be applied for propulsion of ship,the amount of speed and resistances it will encounter will have to be considered when designing a ship.

The size of rudder and how ship will behave during turning is also considered in study of Naval Architecture.

Does it sound like an interesting study to you? This is just a very brief introduction. Competent Marine Engineers have to study subject of Naval Architecture in order to qualify for their licenses.

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In best of circumstances, you’ll be given a tour of offices. Depending upon how good you are at orienting yourself, this can be helpful but also confusing. If it all seems like a maze for you, note landmarks as you pass by. For instance, door that leads to stairway where restrooms are is just to left of woman with red hair.

As you’re given tour, pay attention to who is friendly and might be helpful. You’ll have lots of questions in early hours and days, and it’s good to know who might be a nice resource person for you. How can you tell? They look up and smile at you, stand up to shake your hand, or even offer to help. In well-run offices, employees are professionally friendly and helpful to one another and have enough EQ to remember what it’s like to be new kid on block. They realize everyone works more productively when acclimated, informed, and assisted.

In fact your introductory tour is a good way to test waters for company culture. If people are cold, unfriendly, or seem annoyed by interruption and are impatient with your questions, things are probably going to get worse, and it’s a shame you didn’t know this beforehand. If it does continue, you’ll at least have information that it was them, not you, that’s problem.

Such places generally have high turnover, low morale, burnout and absenteeism, which is why you might be there as a temp in first place. More companies all time are requiring overwhelming workloads of employees, and when employees yell loud enough and long enough or start staying out sick or threatening to quit, they will begrudgingly hire a temp rather than create a badly-needed permanent full-time position. If you’re a new permanent hire, you can also be walking into an office that’s in pain and stressed out. These things were created by others and there when you arrived.

Observe office etiquette, be tactful and observant. It’s bad form to comment on things you see that aren’t well done (unless you were hired to change things), so for time being, just grin and bear it. Maintain a positive and professional attitude yourself and put your best foot forward. Conservative, businesslike attire, a sincere desire to be helpful, and consistent accountability in your work are important and will be appreciated.

Good luck!