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Things that raise your pay

• Stability and damage stability

  Working out whether a ship stays upright, loaded or flooded. A specialty that few people master.

• Ice class design

  Ships built for Arctic ice need heavier structure and special rules. Canada needs more of these people.

• Offshore structures

  Rigs, platforms and floating production vessels pay above shipbuilding.

• A master's in ocean or marine engineering

  Often the fastest way into design authority roles.