Occupation information for Commercial and Industrial Designers District Of Columbia

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Typical education needed for entry: Bachelor's degree

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: No work experience

Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation: No on-the-job training

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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.
• Modify and refine designs, using working models, to conform with customer specifications, production limitations, or changes in design trends.
• Confer with engineering, marketing, production, or sales departments, or with customers, to establish and evaluate design concepts for manufactured products.
• Present designs and reports to customers or design committees for approval and discuss need for modification.
• Research production specifications, costs, production materials, and manufacturing methods and provide cost estimates and itemized production requirements.
• Coordinate the look and function of product lines.
• Direct and coordinate the fabrication of models or samples and the drafting of working drawings and specification sheets from sketches.
• 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.
• Participate in new product planning or market research, including studying the potential need for new products.
• Supervise assistants' work throughout the design process.

Tools:

• Desktop computers
• Digital cameras
• High capacity removable media drives
• Liquid crystal display projector
• Notebook computers

Technology:

• Computer aided design CAD software
• Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
• Development environment software
• Graphics or photo imaging software
• Video creation and editing software

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