Occupation Atlasindustrial designer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ab7bccb2-6f81-4a3d-a0c0-fca5d47d2775
industrial designer
Industrial designers work out ideas and develop them into designs and concepts for a wide variety of manufactured products. They integrate creativity, aesthetics, production feasibility, and market relevance in the design of new products.
Job Zone
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- 4
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
ARIArtistic · Realistic · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- A Artistic5.54
- R Realistic4.62
- I Investigative4.06
- E Enterprising3.70
- C Conventional3.47
- S Social1.84
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Commercial and Industrial Designers (27-1021.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (20)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- aesthetics
- conduct research on trends in design
- copyright legislation
- design management
- design principles
- determine suitability of materials
- draft design specifications
- draw design sketches
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- ergonomics
- follow a brief
- industrial design
- liaise with engineers
- manufacturing processes
- mathematics
- meet deadlines
- perform ideation activities
- perform market research
- present artistic design proposals
Optional (47)
- 3D modelling
- CAD software
- CAM software
- adapt existing designs to changed circumstances
- adapt to new design materials
- analyse production processes for improvement
- apply 3D imaging techniques
- apply desktop publishing techniques
- attend design meetings
- build a product's physical model
- build jewellery models
- calculate design costs
- calculate materials to build equipment
- ceramic ware
- collaborate with engineers
- consult with design team
- coordinate manufacturing production activities
- cost management
- create a product's virtual model
- design package
- design prototypes
- determine production feasibility
- develop jewellery designs
- draw blueprints
- human-robot collaboration
- hydraulics
- identify customer's needs
- industrial engineering
- jewellery processes
- manage contracts
- monitor production developments
- perform physical stress tests on models
- perform project management
- plan event marketing for promotional campaigns
- pneumatics
- prepare production prototypes
- produce sustainable products
- prospect new customers
- think creatively about jewellery
- types of glazing
- types of packaging materials
- types of toy materials
- use CAD software
- use CAE software
- use specialised design software
- use technical drawing software
- write manuals
O*NET equivalents
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