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62 lines
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name: industrial-designer
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description: "Occupational skill for the role 'industrial designer' (also: product designer, 3D CAD designer, packaging designer, product design specialist, glass products designer, toy designer). Use when the user asks for typical industrial designer work such as: Prepare sketches of ideas, detailed drawings, illustrations, artwork, or blueprints, using drafting instruments, paints and brushes, or computer-aided design equipment.; Direct and coordinate the fabrication of models or samples and the drafting of working drawings and specification sheets from sketches.; Modify and refine designs, using working models, to conform with customer specifications, production limitations, or changes in design trends."
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# Industrial Designer
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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.
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## Core workflow
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1. 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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2. Direct and coordinate the fabrication of models or samples and the drafting of working drawings and specification sheets from sketches.
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3. Modify and refine designs, using working models, to conform with customer specifications, production limitations, or changes in design trends.
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4. Confer with engineering, marketing, production, or sales departments, or with customers, to establish and evaluate design concepts for manufactured products.
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5. Present designs and reports to customers or design committees for approval and discuss need for modification.
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6. 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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7. Read publications, attend showings, and study competing products and design styles and motifs to obtain perspective and generate design concepts.
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8. Research production specifications, costs, production materials, and manufacturing methods and provide cost estimates and itemized production requirements.
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## How to use this skill
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- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
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- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
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- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
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- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
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- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
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## Key competences (essential)
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- aesthetics
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- conduct research on trends in design
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- copyright legislation
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- design management
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- design principles
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- determine suitability of materials
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- draft design specifications
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- draw design sketches
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- engineering principles
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- engineering processes
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- ergonomics
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- follow a brief
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- industrial design
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- liaise with engineers
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- manufacturing processes
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## Hot technologies
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- The MathWorks MATLAB
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- Autodesk AutoCAD
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- Autodesk Revit
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- Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
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- Microsoft Access
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- Adobe InDesign
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- Apache Maven
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- C
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- Adobe Acrobat
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- SAP software
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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ab7bccb2-6f81-4a3d-a0c0-fca5d47d2775), O*NET 30.3 (27-1021.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*
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