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Interior Designers - 27-1025.00

O*NET-SOC Description

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.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

Certified Kitchen Designer
Color and Materials Designer
Commercial Interior Designer
Decorating Consultant
Designer

Interior Decorator
Interior Design Consultant
Interior Design Coordinator
Interior Designer
Registered Interior Designer

SOC Occupation Groups

27-0000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations
27-1000	Art and Design Workers
27-1020	Designers
27-1025.00	Interior Designers

Related Occupations

17-1012.00	Landscape Architects
17-3011.00	Architectural and Civil Drafters
17-3013.00	Mechanical Drafters
27-1011.00	Art Directors
27-1012.00	Craft Artists
27-1021.00	Commercial and Industrial Designers
27-1022.00	Fashion Designers
27-1024.00	Graphic Designers
27-1026.00	Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers
27-1027.00	Set and Exhibit Designers

Tasks

Advise client on interior design factors, such as space planning, layout and use of furnishings or equipment, and color coordination.
Confer with client to determine factors affecting planning of interior environments, such as budget, architectural preferences, purpose, and function.
Coordinate with other professionals, such as contractors, architects, engineers, and plumbers, to ensure job success.
Design plans to be safe and to be compliant with the American Disabilities Act (ADA).
Design spaces to be environmentally friendly, using sustainable, recycled materials when feasible.
Estimate material requirements and costs, and present design to client for approval.
Formulate environmental plan to be practical, esthetic, and conducive to intended purposes, such as raising productivity or selling merchandise.
Inspect construction work on site to ensure its adherence to the design plans.
Plan and design interior environments for boats, planes, buses, trains, and other enclosed spaces.
Render design ideas in form of paste-ups or drawings.
Research and explore the use of new materials, technologies, and products to incorporate into designs.
Research health and safety code requirements to inform design.
Review and detail shop drawings for construction plans.
Select or design, and purchase furnishings, art work, and accessories.
Subcontract fabrication, installation, and arrangement of carpeting, fixtures, accessories, draperies, paint and wall coverings, art work, furniture, and related items.
Use computer-aided drafting (CAD) and related software to produce construction documents.

Detailed Work Activities

Conduct research to inform art, designs, or other work.
Confer with clients to determine needs.
Coordinate construction or installation activities.
Develop artistic or design concepts for decoration, exhibition, or commercial purposes.
Draw detailed or technical illustrations.
Estimate costs for projects or productions.
Incorporate green features into the design of structures or facilities.
Inspect facilities or sites to determine if they meet specifications or standards.
Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
Plan facility layouts or designs.
Present work to clients for approval.
Review details of technical drawings or specifications.
Select materials or props.
Update professional knowledge.