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• 2Prepare sketches of ideas, detailed drawings, illustrations, artwork, or blueprints, using drafting instruments, paints and brushes, or computer-aided design equipment.
• 1.7Direct and coordinate the fabrication of models or samples and the drafting of working drawings and specification sheets from sketches.
• 1.2Modify and refine designs, using working models, to conform with customer specifications, production limitations, or changes in design trends.
• 0.8Coordinate the look and function of product lines.
• 1.2Confer with engineering, marketing, production, or sales departments, or with customers, to establish and evaluate design concepts for manufactured products.
• 0.5Present designs and reports to customers or design committees for approval and discuss need for modification.
• 1.5Evaluate feasibility of design ideas, based on factors such as appearance, safety, function, serviceability, budget, production costs/methods, and market characteristics.
• 1Read publications, attend showings, and study competing products and design styles and motifs to obtain perspective and generate design concepts.
• 2Research production specifications, costs, production materials, and manufacturing methods and provide cost estimates and itemized production requirements.
• 2Design graphic material for use as ornamentation, illustration, or advertising on manufactured materials and packaging or containers.
• 1.6Develop manufacturing procedures and monitor the manufacture of their designs in a factory to improve operations and product quality.
• 1.3Supervise assistants' work throughout the design process.
• 2Fabricate models or samples in paper, wood, glass, fabric, plastic, metal, or other materials, using hand or power tools.
• 1.8Investigate product characteristics such as the product's safety and handling qualities, its market appeal, how efficiently it can be produced, and ways of distributing, using, and maintaining it.
• 0.2Develop industrial standards and regulatory guidelines.
• 1.5Participate in new product planning or market research, including studying the potential need for new products.

0.0% of Commercial and Industrial Designers tasks can be automated with AI or robotics