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Interior Design Technician |
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Description Nobody likes living or working in stark white apartments with bare floors and nothing on the walls. We enjoy color, art, and furniture in our everyday environments. On the other hand, as much as we might like nicely painted walls and highly-polished hardwood, not very many of us have the time or energy to design our homes the way we'd like to. Lucky for us, there are interior designers and interior design technicians. These skilled artists take a bland office, hotel, restaurant, or private residence and create welcoming, warm, and stylish spaces for us to enjoy. While interior designers initially meet with clients and come up with design concepts, it is the technicians who put the plans and ideas into action. They are the ones who draw, sketch, and use computer programs to creatively solve design problems, and develop the sketches for the design team. They develop plans for tearing down a wall, and draw up sketches for the windows to go in its place. They research building and safety codes, material costs and availability, and maintain a library of samples, sketches, and profiles of past projects. They might also look into paint colors, floor coverings, and fabric samples for the clients to choose from. They must have the designs ready for the clients to examine, and must be able to explain their designs to the supervising designer as well as the clients, if necessary. They might follow the project through to the end, visiting the construction site after the project has been put in motion. Interior design technicians have some, but not total, control over the designs they draw. The interior designer and the clients come up with the ideas, and it is the role of the technician to ensure their ideas are safe, economical, and environmentally sound. The technician is a crucial member of a design team. |
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-15 Edition, http://www.bls.gov/ooh/ Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Employment Statistics, 2002, http://www.bls.gov/oes/2002/oes_nat.htm |
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