Software, services, and expertise for the business of shipbuilding.

        • Achieve a Quick ROI
        • Sliced implementations and our expertise means a benefit from day one, without a lengthy setup.

        • Integrate, Collaborate, Re-use
        • SSI’s Open Shipbuilding Platform gives you a future-proof source of truth for your shipbuilding projects.

        • Change Management
        • Get visibility into changes, understand the impacts, and have the right information at the right time to execute the change.

        • Adapt and Innovate
        • Create a local or virtualized shipbuilding environment for your global distributed workforce.

        • Changing from Another Solution
        • SSI makes it easy to switch from other platforms and keep your existing data.

        • Design
        • The most significant opportunities to impact the cost of building and operating a ship are found in the design and engineering phase.

          Initial Design  |  Basic Design  |  Detailed Design

        • Build
        • Even a smaller shipbuilding project is immense in scope and scale. Manage the challenges that are unique to ship construction.

          Prepare  |  Fabricate  |  Assemble

        • Maintain
        • With the majority of a ship’s life taking place after it’s been built, it’s crucial to ensure that the organization has a clear picture of the vessel at all times.

          Digital Twin  |  Repair / Refit  |  Operations

        • Nexus
        • SSI Nexus is a community for users, creators, & implementers of SSI software.

        • SSI Certified Training
        • SSI Certified Training allows SSI users to access detailed training exercises, materials, courses, and certifications.

        • SSI Blogs
        • The SSI blogs are your place to get insights from our CEO into the intersection of shipbuilding and technology, see how shipbuilding is moving forward, and keep up with SSI news.

          Lighthouse Waveform  |  Shipbuilding Solutions

        • ShipConstructor
        • A complete line of solutions for the design, engineering, and construction of ships and offshore projects.

        • EnterprisePlatform
        • Tools to connect and share data across every system in the shipyard and make information available.

        • ShipbuildingPLM
        • The only truly shipbuilding-specific product lifecycle management (PLM) platform.

        • Company
        • Learn more about SSI and our leadership.

        • Locations & Contact
        • You need a partner with a global presence.

        • News
        • The latest on SSI and shipbuilding.

        • Events
        • Join us at our next event, conference, or trade show.

Get access to the detailed training exercises, materials, courses, and certifications that will help you progress. SSI Certified Training on Nexus is the only place to get certified, self-directed, SSI training. The self-directed curriculum ensures that training happens where and when you need it most. If you want to learn ShipConstructor, this is where to get started.


I’m an expert and proficient with many different CAD software platforms and have taken numerous online courses before. That said, I can confidently say that the ShipConstructor course is by far the best with its well laid out lessons and instructions.

Bill Bailey – Certified ShipConstructor User

SSI Certified Training for Organizations

See how establishing a well-defined training program that incorporated SSI Certified Training and directly addressed shipbuilding specific challenges helped Genoa Design International achieve: 

  • Massive company growth. 
  • Success in remote onboarding. 
  • Shorter times to proficiency. 
  • Industry-leading training. 
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What’s included?

SSI Certified Training Curriculum

  • PDFs and videos for ShipConstructor & EnterprisePlatform software.
  • Hull and Structure & Outfitting Course classes.
  • Latest Version of ShipConstructor software.
  • Realistic Training Project of a ship to work in. (Note: All SSI training is hands-on!)
  • Ability to earn certificates for every class completed.
  • The opportunity to advance your productivity, skills and career.

Autodesk Training Videos for:

  • AutoCAD
  • AutoCAD Mechanical
  • AutoCAD Plant
  • Navisworks
  • Inventor

Sample Training Videos


Project Zero

SSI Project Zero

ShipConstructor Project Zero is a series of PDF lessons with accompanying narrated videos that will take you from 2D line drawings through the 3D modeling process – you won’t be starting with a pre-made project, you’ll be starting a new project from zero.

Learn more about Project Zero

Getting Started

  1. Access the SSI Learning Downloads on Nexus.
  2. Read and follow the instructions in the ShipConstructor Essentials PDF to Install and set up ShipConstructor correctly and deploy the training project so you can start using it.
  3. Work through the ShipConstructor Essentials PDF cover to cover, then check your work with the Verifier program. If your work is correct, you’ll be issued your first certificate. If not, you’ll be able to go back and fix any issues, then re-check with the Verifier as often as you need to. This class is a prerequisite to all our other classes, so once you’re done, you can choose which class to do next.

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