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A professional who designs men's, women's, and children's clothing and accessories. Responsibilities include:
* Analyzes fashion trends and predictions, confers with sales and management executives, compares leather, fabrics, and other apparel materials, and integrates findings with personal interests, tastes, and knowledge of design to create new designs for clothing, shoes, handbags, and other accessories.
* Sketches rough and detailed drawings of apparel and writes specifications describing factors, such as color scheme, construction, and type of material to be used.
* Confers with and coordinates activities of workers who draw and cut patterns and construct garments to fabricate sample garment.
* Examines sample garment on and off model and modifies design as necessary to achieve desired effect.
* May draw pattern for article designed, using measuring and drawing instruments.
* May cut patterns.
* May construct sample, using sewing equipment.
* May arrange for showing of sample garments at sales meetings or fashion shows.
* May attend fashion and fabric shows to observe new fashions and materials.
* May be identified according to specific group designed for, such as men, women, or children or areas of specialization, such as sportswear, coats, dresses, suits, lingerie, or swimwear.
* May design custom garments for clients and be designated Custom Garment Designer.
* May conduct research and design authentic period, country, or social class costumes to be worn by film, television, concert, stage, and other performers and be designated Costume Designer.
* May design, fabricate, repair, and sell leather articles and be designated Leather Crafter.
* May design, copy, or modify clothing accessories and be designated according to article designed as Handbag Designer; Hat Designer; or Shoe Designer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who designs furniture for manufacture, according to knowledge of design trends, offerings of competition, production costs, capability of production facilities, and characteristics of company's market. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with production, design, and sales personnel to obtain design suggestions and customer orders.
* Evaluates orders and proposals to determine feasibility of producing item.
* Sketches freehand design of article.
* Obtains approval from customer, design committee, or authorized company officials, and originates scale or full size drawing, using drawing instruments.
* Prepares itemized production requirements to produce item.
* Traces drawing on material for use in production of blueprints, using drawing instruments.
* Prepares or directs preparation of blueprints containing manufacturing specifications, such as dimensions, kind of wood, and upholstery fabrics to be used in manufacturing article.
* Attends staff conference with plant personnel to explain and resolve production requirements.
* May design and prepare detailed drawings of jigs, fixtures, forms, or tools required to be used in production.
* May plan modifications for completed furniture to conform to changes in design trends and increase customer acceptance.
* May design custom pieces or styles according to specific period or country.
* May build or oversee construction of models or prototypes.
* May design fixtures and equipment, such as counters and display cases, and be designated Fixture Designer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who originates and develops ideas to design the form of manufactured products. Responsibilities include:
* Reads publications, attends showings, and consults with engineering, marketing, production, and sales representatives to establish design concepts.
* Evaluates design ideas based on factors such as appealing appearance, design-function relationships, serviceability, materials and methods engineering, application, budget, price, production costs, methods of production, market characteristics, and client specifications.
* Integrates findings and concepts and sketches design ideas.
* Presents design to client or design committee and discusses need for modification and change.
* May design product packaging and graphics for advertising.
* May build simulated model, using hand and power tools and various materials.
* May prepare illustrations.
* May prepare or coordinate preparation of working drawings from sketches and design specifications.
* May design products for custom applications.
* May be required to have specialized product knowledge.
* Usually specializes in specific product or type of product including, but not limited to hardware, motor vehicle exteriors and interiors, scientific instruments, industrial equipment, luggage, jewelry, housewares, toys, or novelties and is designated accordingly.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who designs and builds plaster models of monuments, statues, and memorials. Responsibilities include:
* Interviews customer to obtain information regarding size, style, and motif of memorial.
* Draws sketches and detailed plans of memorial according to customer's suggestions.
* Casts plaster block and carves design in block, using chisels, mallets, knives, and files to form model of memorial.
* Routes finished model and work order specifications to stone carver.
* May draw detailed sketches or plans of family burial plots.
* May build models of cemeteries used as displays.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who designs ornamental metal items, such as grills, lattice work, statuary, railings, displays, plaques, and light fixtures, and tooling for fabrication, utilizing knowledge of properties of metal, fabrication techniques, principles of design, and artistic talent. Responsibilities include:
* Analyzes sketches or observes and measures physical surroundings prior to installation.
* Selects designs from pattern book, alters or originates designs according to customer specifications.
* Draws detail sketches and prescribes fabricating techniques.
* Forges tools, such as peening hammers, bending jigs, and scroll forms, using forge, machine tools, welding equipment, and hand forming tools.
* May sculpture plastic patterns to form molding castings.
* Builds products from original design or working models (ornamental-metal worker).
* May prescribe colors for painted parts.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who designs ornamental metal items, such as grills, lattice work, statuary, railings, displays, plaques, and light fixtures, and tooling for fabrication, utilizing knowledge of properties of metal, fabrication techniques, principles of design, and artistic talent. Responsibilities include:
* Analyzes sketches or observes and measures physical surroundings prior to installation.
* Selects designs from pattern book, alters or originates designs according to customer specifications.
* Draws detail sketches and prescribes fabricating techniques.
* Forges tools, such as peening hammers, bending jigs, and scroll forms, using forge, machine tools, welding equipment, and hand forming tools.
* May sculpture plastic patterns to form molding castings.
* Builds products from original design or working models (ornamental-metal worker).
* May prescribe colors for painted parts.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who designs safety clothing and equipment to protect personnel against hazards, such as fire and toxic fumes. Responsibilities include:
* Consults with employers and technical personnel to determine safety problem involved.
* Designs clothing and equipment, such as suits, helmets, and gloves, incorporating such devices as mechanical breathing apparatus and communication systems to meet specific hazards.
* Drafts pattern of garment parts on pattern paper in full scale, using ruler, drawing instruments, and pattern blocks, and cuts material to make first pattern.
* Gives instructions to workers engaged in cutting material and assembling sample garment.
* May estimate cost of production.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who designs safety clothing and equipment to protect personnel against hazards, such as fire and toxic fumes. Responsibilities include:
* Consults with employers and technical personnel to determine safety problem involved.
* Designs clothing and equipment, such as suits, helmets, and gloves, incorporating such devices as mechanical breathing apparatus and communication systems to meet specific hazards.
* Drafts pattern of garment parts on pattern paper in full scale, using ruler, drawing instruments, and pattern blocks, and cuts material to make first pattern.
* Gives instructions to workers engaged in cutting material and assembling sample garment.
* May estimate cost of production.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who selects decorations and coordinates activities of workers who decorate sets for motion picture or television production. Responsibilities include:
* Reads script to determine decoration requirements.
* Selects furniture, draperies, pictures, lamps, and rugs for decorative quality and appearance on film.
* Gives directions to grip in placing items on set.
* Examines dressed sets to ensure props and scenery do not interfere with movements of cast or view of camera.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who designs sets for theatrical productions. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with play's director regarding interpretation and set requirements.
* Conducts research to determine appropriate architectural and furnishing styles.
* Integrates requirements, interpretation, research, design concepts, and practical considerations regarding factors, such as mobility, interchangeability, and budget to plan sets.
* Renders drawing or illustration of design concept, estimates costs, and presents drawing for approval.
* Prepares working drawings of floor plan, front elevation, scenery, and properties to be constructed.
* Prepares charts to indicate where items, such as curtains and borders are to be hung.
* Oversees building of sets, furniture, and properties.
* May build scale models from cardboard, plaster, or sponge.
* May design stage lighting to achieve dramatic or decorative effects.
Industry:Professional careers
