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Industrial Designers (2252)

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Nature of work

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.

Fields of interest

  • Crunching numbers
  • Writing, working in communications and information

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
  • - Prepare design 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 orA college diploma in industrial design is required.
  • * Creative ability, as demonstrated by a portfolio of work, is required.

More information in All of Québec

Employment in 2011 3,500
Skill level Technical
Average annual full-time income in 2005 46,000$
Job prospects-by occupation (2012-2016) Good
Unemployment rate in 2011 Low