Occupation
Interior Designers
Plan, design, and furnish the internal space of rooms or buildings. Design interior environments or create physical layouts that are practical, aesthetic, and conducive to the intended purposes. May specialize in a particular field, style, or phase of interior design.
$67,190 medianBachelor's typical
O*NET 31.0 · 27-1025.00
A typical week, in the words of people in the job
- 01Plan and design interior environments for boats, planes, buses, trains, and other enclosed spaces.
- 02Use computer-aided drafting (CAD) and related software to produce construction documents.
- 03Research health and safety code requirements to inform design.
- 04Confer with client to determine factors affecting planning of interior environments, such as budget, architectural preferences, purpose, and function.
- 05Estimate material requirements and costs, and present design to client for approval.
- 06Design spaces to be environmentally friendly, using sustainable, recycled materials when feasible.
- 07Formulate environmental plan to be practical, esthetic, and conducive to intended purposes, such as raising productivity or selling merchandise.
- 08Design plans to be safe and to be compliant with the American Disabilities Act (ADA).
- 09Review and detail shop drawings for construction plans.
- 10Render design ideas in form of paste-ups or drawings.
- 11Subcontract fabrication, installation, and arrangement of carpeting, fixtures, accessories, draperies, paint and wall coverings, art work, furniture, and related items.
- 12Select or design, and purchase furnishings, art work, and accessories.
Task statements ranked by how many workers report them · O*NET 31.0
What the posting will be called
DesignerInterior Design ConsultantInterior Design CoordinatorInterior DesignerCertified Kitchen DesignerColor and Materials DesignerCommercial Interior DesignerDecorating ConsultantInterior DecoratorRegistered Interior Designer
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Knowledge the job leans on
DesignCustomer and Personal ServiceBuilding and ConstructionEnglish LanguageSales and MarketingAdministration and ManagementComputers and ElectronicsPublic Safety and Security
Skills that carry over from service
Service OrientationSocial PerceptivenessCoordinationComplex Problem SolvingPersuasionJudgment and Decision MakingTime ManagementOperations Analysis