2252- Industrial designers

Canada NOC: 
2252
Job Title: 

Industrial designers

Job Description: 

Industrial designers conceptualize and produce designs for manufactured products. They are employed by manufacturing industries and private design firms or they may be self-employed.

Main Duties: 

Industrial designers perform some or all of the following duties:


Consult with client, engineers or production specialists to establish product requirements
Analyze the intended use of product and user preferences
Conduct research into cost, properties of production materials and methods of production
Develop manual and computer-assisted design (CAD) concepts, sketches or models for approval
Prepare manufacturing drawings, specifications and guidelines for production and construct prototype of design
Consult with engineers and production staff during manufacturing stage.

Employment Requirements: 

A university degree in industrial design, architecture, engineering
or
A college diploma in industrial design is required.
Creative ability, as demonstrated by a portfolio of work, is required.

Additional Inormation: 

There is mobility between positions in this unit group.
Mobility is possible to other design occupations.

Classified Elsewhere: 

Architectural technologists and technicians (2251)
Civil engineering design technologists (in 2231 Civil engineering technologists and technicians)
Electrical and electronics design technologists (in 2241 Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians)
Engineering design and drafting technicians and technologists (in 2253 Drafting technologists and technicians)
Graphic designers and illustrators (5241)
Interior designers and interior decorators (5242)
Mechanical engineering equipment designers (in 2232 Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians)
Theatre, fashion, exhibit and other creative designers (5243)

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Source Of Info: 

National Occupation Classification, (2011)

Statistics Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada,

February 2012,

Catalogue no. 12-583-X