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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Develop and design manufactured products, such as cars, home appliances, and children's toys. Combine artistic talent with research on product use, marketing, and materials to create the most functional and appealing product design. | 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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Direct and coordinate the fabrication of models or samples and the drafting of working drawings and specification sheets from sketches. | ||||
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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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Coordinate the look and function of product lines. | ||||
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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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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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Read publications, attend showings, and study competing products and design styles and motifs to obtain perspective and generate design concepts. | ||||
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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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Design graphic material for use as ornamentation, illustration, or advertising on manufactured materials and packaging or containers. | ||||
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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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Supervise assistants' work throughout the design process. | ||||
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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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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 industrial standards and regulatory guidelines. | ||||
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Participate in new product planning or market research, including studying the potential need for new products. | ||||
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Advise corporations on issues involving corporate image projects or problems. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Commercial and Industrial Designers
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. | |||
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Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. | |||
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Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. | |||
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Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Physics | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Operations Analysis | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Technology Design | Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs. | |||
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Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. | |||
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Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. | |||
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Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. | |||
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Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat software | Document management software | |||
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Adobe Systems Adobe FreeHand | Graphics or photo imaging software | |||
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Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator | Graphics or photo imaging software | |||
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Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign | Desktop publishing software | |||
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Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop software | Graphics or photo imaging software | |||
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Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Autodesk 3ds Max | Video creation and editing software | |||
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Autodesk AliasStudio | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Autodesk AutoCAD software | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Autodesk Maya for Design Visualization | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Chaos Group V-Ray software | Video creation and editing software | |||
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Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite | Graphics or photo imaging software | |||
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Corel Painter | Graphics or photo imaging software | |||
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Dassault Systemes CATIA software | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Email software | Electronic mail software | |||
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MAXON CINEMA 4D | Video creation and editing software | |||
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McNeel Rhino software | Graphics or photo imaging software | |||
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Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | |||
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Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | |||
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Microsoft Publisher | Desktop publishing software | |||
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Microsoft Word | Word processing software | |||
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PTC Pro/ENGINEER software | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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QuarkXPress | Desktop publishing software | |||
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Siemens PLM Software UGS NX | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Softimage XSI | Video creation and editing software | |||
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SolidWorks CAD software | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Web browser software | Internet browser software | |||
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Xara Xtreme | Graphics or photo imaging software | |||
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Compact digital cameras | Digital cameras | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Laptop computers | Notebook computers | |||
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Liquid crystal display LCD video projectors | Liquid crystal display projector | |||
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Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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Universal serial bus USB flash drives | High capacity removable media drives | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | Bachelor's Degree | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | None | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Art Glass Designer | |||
Athletic Shoe Designer | |||
Automobile Designer | |||
Automotive Designer | |||
Bank Note Designer | |||
Bicycle Designer | |||
Bike Designer | |||
Boat Designer | |||
Body Stylist | |||
Car Body Designer | |||
Ceramic Designer | |||
Ceramic Mold Designer | |||
Cloth Designer | |||
Color Adviser | |||
Color Consultant | |||
Color Expert | |||
Commercial Interior Designer | |||
Creative Director | |||
Design Director | |||
Design Engineer | |||
Designer | |||
Electrical Designer | |||
Embroidery Designer | |||
Engineer | |||
Engineering Manager | |||
Fabric Designer | |||
Fire Sprinkler Designer | |||
Furniture Designer | |||
Game Designer | |||
Graphic Designer | |||
Industrial Designer | |||
Jewelry Designer | |||
Lighting Designer | |||
Manufacturing Engineer | |||
Mechanical Designer | |||
Mechanical Engineer | |||
Memorial Designer | |||
Millinery Designer | |||
Mold Designer | |||
Motorcycle Designer | |||
Ornamental Metalwork Designer | |||
Package Designer | |||
Packaging Designer | |||
Pottery Decoration Designer | |||
Product Design Engineer | |||
Product Designer | |||
Product Developer | |||
Product Development Engineer | |||
Product Engineer | |||
Production Designer | |||
Project Engineer | |||
Robot Designer | |||
Robotic Toy Inventor | |||
Roller Coaster Designer | |||
Rug Designer | |||
Safety Clothing and Equipment Developer | |||
Sign Designer | |||
Silver Designer | |||
Snowboard Designer | |||
Stained Glass Artist | |||
Stained Glass Window Designer | |||
Surfboard Designer | |||
Textile Designer | |||
Tile Designer | |||
Toy Designer | |||
Toy Maker | |||
Weapons Designer | |||
Weapons Engineer | |||
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