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Commercial and Industrial Designers

ID

work_arts_media/commercial_and_industrial_designers

Type

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Children

17

Child Nodes (17)

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Prepare sketches of ideas, detailed drawings, illustrations, artwork, or blueprints, using drafting instruments, paints and brushes, or computer-aided design equipment.

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Modify and refine designs, using working models, to conform with customer specifications, production limitations, or changes in design trends.

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Evaluate feasibility of design ideas, based on factors such as appearance, safety, function, serviceability, budget, production costs/methods, and market characteristics.

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Confer with engineering, marketing, production, or sales departments, or with customers, to establish and evaluate design concepts for manufactured products.

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Present designs and reports to customers or design committees for approval and discuss need for modification.

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Research production specifications, costs, production materials, and manufacturing methods and provide cost estimates and itemized production requirements.

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Direct and coordinate the fabrication of models or samples and the drafting of working drawings and specification sheets from sketches.

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Investigate product characteristics such as the product's safety and handling qualities, its market appeal, how efficiently it can be produced, and ways of distributing, using, and maintaining it.

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Develop manufacturing procedures and monitor the manufacture of their designs in a factory to improve operations and product quality.

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Participate in new product planning or market research, including studying the potential need for new products.

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Read publications, attend showings, and study competing products and design styles and motifs to obtain perspective and generate design concepts.

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Fabricate models or samples in paper, wood, glass, fabric, plastic, metal, or other materials, using hand or power tools.

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Develop industrial standards and regulatory guidelines.

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Coordinate the look and function of product lines.

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Supervise assistants' work throughout the design process.

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Design graphic material for use as ornamentation, illustration, or advertising on manufactured materials and packaging or containers.

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Advise corporations on issues involving corporate image projects or problems.